单词 | nonfeasance |
释义 | nonfeasance[ non-fee-zuhns ] / nɒnˈfi zəns / SEE SYNONYMS FOR nonfeasance ON THESAURUS.COM noun Law.the omission of some act that ought to have been performed.Compare malfeasance, misfeasance (def. 2). Origin of nonfeasance1590–1600; non- + obsolete feasance;see malfeasance Words nearby nonfeasancenonexportation, nonfamilial hyperlipoproteinemia, nonfat, nonfatal, nonfattening, nonfeasance, nonfenestrated forceps, nonferrous, nonfiction, nonfiction novel, nonfinite clause Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for nonfeasance
British Dictionary definitions for nonfeasancenonfeasance / (ˌnɒnˈfiːzəns) / nounlaw a failure to act when under an obligation to do soCompare malfeasance, misfeasance Word Origin for nonfeasanceC16: 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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