nonfeasance
[non-fee-zuh ns]
noun Law.
the omission of some act that ought to have been performed.Compare malfeasance, misfeasance(def 2).
RELATED WORDS
omission, bomb, downfall, deficiency, dereliction, wreck, bankruptcy, turkey, decline, lemon, botch, stoppage, rout, misadventure, inadequacy, bust, flop, deficit, checkmate, overthrow
Origin of nonfeasance
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More important was the nonfeasance of the Inquisition with respect to simony.
A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume IIIHenry Charles Lea
It was settled that assumpsit would lie for a mere omission or nonfeasance.
The Common LawOliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
nonfeasance
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Word Origin for nonfeasance
C16: from non- + feasance (obsolete) performing or doing, from French faisance, from faire to do, from Latin facere
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