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Synonyms for nonfeasance


Grammar : Noun
Spell : non-fee-zuh ns
Phonetic Transcription : nɒnˈfi zəns

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Définition of nonfeasance

Origin :
  • also non-feasance, "failure to do what should be done," 1590s, from non- + feasance.
  • noun failure
Example sentences :
  • More important was the nonfeasance of the Inquisition with respect to simony.
  • Extract from : « A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume III » by Henry Charles Lea
  • It was settled that assumpsit would lie for a mere omission or nonfeasance.
  • Extract from : « The Common Law » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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