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nonfeasance
[ non-fee-zuhns ]
/ nɒnˈfi zəns /
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noun Law.
the omission of some act that ought to have been performed.Compare malfeasance, misfeasance (def. 2).
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Origin of nonfeasance
Words nearby nonfeasance
nonexistent, nonexportation, nonfat, nonfatal, nonfattening, nonfeasance, nonferrous, nonfiction, nonfiction novel, nonfinite clause, nonfinite verb
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How to use nonfeasance in a sentence
But he does not address his malign neglect of the al Qaeda threat—nonfeasance that proved deadly.
It was settled that assumpsit would lie for a mere omission or nonfeasance.
The Common Law|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.More important was the nonfeasance of the Inquisition with respect to simony.
A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume III|Henry Charles Lea
British Dictionary definitions for nonfeasance
nonfeasance
/ (ˌnɒnˈfiːzəns) /
noun
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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