That which is done, acted, or performed by an intelligent or responsible agent; an act.

Work, deed; desert.

An act, deed, or proceeding; something that is in the process of being, or has been, done or performed. Now archaic and rare.

A deed. Obsolete.

gen. Something done or effected; a deed.

Something done or performed, a deed, an act; (in plural) habitual or ordinary deeds, conduct.

Action, performance, work; an instance of this. Obsolete.

In neutral sense: An action, deed, course of conduct; = fact, n. 1. Also feats and deeds. to do, performor work the feat: to ‘do the deed’. to work o…

Originally: an act or deed, esp. (in later use) one characterized by daring or (esp. military) heroism. Now also more generally: an action or feat…

An instance of committing a sin, crime, etc.; a reprehensible act.

An action, a deed, a course of conduct; (formerly also occasionally) †an effect, a result. Also as a… gen.

An action, a deed; an undertaking, a proceeding. Usually in plural. Obsolete.

A piece of conduct, an act. Usually with modifying word. Cf. phrases 1e. Obsolete.

Something that is done or undertaken; a deed or practice.

A person's action or deed. Obsolete. rare.

Something performed or done; an action, act, deed, or operation; (occasionally) †a notable deed, achievement, or exploit (obsolete).

A performance.

Law. An act performed by a person, a deed, a transaction; (also as a mass noun) doing, execution. Also: a stated or established fact.

A stroke, a move (that one makes); a successful move, a ‘hit’. †at one coup (= French tout d'un coup): at one stroke, at once.

In wider use, a piece of business, an act, enterprise, or exploit.