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单词 nonfeasance
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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).

Origin of nonfeasance

1590–1600; non- + obsolete feasance;see malfeasance

Words nearby nonfeasance

nonexportation, nonfamilial hyperlipoproteinemia, nonfat, nonfatal, nonfattening, nonfeasance, nonfenestrated forceps, nonferrous, nonfiction, nonfiction novel, nonfinite clause
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Example sentences from the Web for nonfeasance

  • 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

law a failure to act when under an obligation to do soCompare malfeasance, misfeasance

Word Origin for nonfeasance

C16: from non- + feasance (obsolete) performing or doing, from French faisance, from faire to do, from Latin facere
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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