| wrongdoing | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. error, wrongdoing | departure from what is ethically acceptable. |
| ~ evilness, evil | the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice.; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world" |
| n. (act) | 2. actus reus, misconduct, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct | activity that transgresses moral or civil law.; "he denied any wrongdoing" |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| ~ brutalisation, brutalization | the activity of treating someone savagely or viciously. |
| ~ usurpation, encroachment, trespass, violation, intrusion | entry to another's property without right or permission. |
| ~ civil wrong, tort | (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought. |
| ~ malversation | misconduct in public office. |
| ~ misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed | improper or wicked or immoral behavior. |
| ~ dereliction | willful negligence. |
| ~ malfeasance | wrongful conduct by a public official. |
| ~ misfeasance | doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner. |
| ~ malpractice | a wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct.; "he charged them with electoral malpractices" |
| ~ malpractice | professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage.; "the widow sued his surgeon for malpractice" |
| ~ perversion | the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use).; "it was a perversion of justice" |
| ~ injury | wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted. |
| ~ injury | an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage. |
| ~ injustice, shabbiness, iniquity, unfairness | an unjust act. |
| ~ infliction | an act causing pain or damage. |
| ~ evildoing, transgression | the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle.; "the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father" |
| ~ knavery, dishonesty | lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing. |
| ~ falsification, misrepresentation | a willful perversion of facts. |
| ~ champerty | an unethical agreement between an attorney and client that the attorney would sue and pay the costs of the client's suit in return for a portion of the damages awarded.; "soliciting personal injury cases may constitute champerty" |
| ~ criminal maintenance, maintenance | the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community.; "unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit" |
| ~ infringement, violation | an act that disregards an agreement or a right.; "he claimed a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment" |
| delay | | |
| n. (time) | 1. delay, hold, postponement, time lag, wait | time during which some action is awaited.; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action" |
| ~ pause, intermission, suspension, interruption, break | a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something. |
| ~ extension | a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt.; "they applied for an extension of the loan" |
| ~ moratorium | a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged. |
| ~ retardation | the extent to which something is delayed or held back. |
| n. (act) | 2. delay, holdup | the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time. |
| ~ disruption, interruption, gap, break | an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity.; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account" |
| ~ inactivity | being inactive; being less active. |
| ~ demurrage | detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure. |
| ~ forbearance | a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting.; "his forbearance to reply was alarming" |
| ~ deferment, deferral, postponement | act of putting off to a future time. |
| ~ cunctation, procrastination, shillyshally | the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time. |
| ~ lag, slowdown, retardation | the act of slowing down or falling behind. |
| ~ dalliance, dawdling, trifling | the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working. |
| ~ filibuster | (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches. |
| ~ lingering, tarriance | the act of tarrying. |
| v. (change) | 3. delay, detain, hold up | cause to be slowed down or delayed.; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform" |
| ~ decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard | lose velocity; move more slowly.; "The car decelerated" |
| ~ stonewall | engage in delaying tactics or refuse to cooperate.; "The President stonewalled when he realized the plot was being uncovered by a journalist" |
| ~ catch | delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned.; "I was caught in traffic and missed the meeting" |
| ~ stall | deliberately delay an event or action.; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling" |
| ~ buy time | act so as to delay an event or action in order to gain an advantage. |
| v. (stative) | 4. delay | act later than planned, scheduled, or required.; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered" |
| ~ pause, hesitate | interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing.; "The speaker paused" |
| ~ hold off, wait, hold back | wait before acting.; "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment" |
| ~ dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, stall, shillyshally | postpone doing what one should be doing.; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" |
| ~ procrastinate | postpone or delay needlessly.; "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late" |
| ~ defer, postpone, prorogue, put off, set back, shelve, table, put over, remit, hold over | hold back to a later time.; "let's postpone the exam" |
| v. (change) | 5. delay, detain, stay | stop or halt.; "Please stay the bloodshed!" |
| ~ retard, delay, check | slow the growth or development of.; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development" |
| v. (change) | 6. check, delay, retard | slow the growth or development of.; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ dampen | check; keep in check (a fire). |
| ~ detain, delay, stay | stop or halt.; "Please stay the bloodshed!" |
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