Antonyms for wrongdoing


Grammar : Noun
Spell : rawng-doo-ing, -doo-, rong-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɔŋˌdu ɪŋ, -ˈdu-, ˈrɒŋ-


Definition of wrongdoing

Origin :
  • late 15c., from wrong (n.) + doing.
  • noun misconduct
Example sentences :
  • She smiled condescendingly, like a mother does when a child admits a wrongdoing.
  • Extract from : « The Odyssey of Sam Meecham » by Charles E. Fritch
  • Does your good uncle know or suspect this wrongdoing of yours?
  • Extract from : « Hidden Hand » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
  • So it is for the teacher, more than the pupil, to beware of wrongdoing.
  • Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore
  • She was his friend, and her heart ached because of his wrongdoing.
  • Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine
  • She was conscious of a feeling of wrongdoing yet she did not recognize it as such.
  • Extract from : « The Girl Scouts at Home » by Katherine Keene Galt
  • Her masters made money by her wrongdoing, and he would not have their patronage.
  • Extract from : « Broken Bread » by Thomas Champness
  • But if I catch them in any wrongdoing and I can manage it, I am going to have both of them arrested.
  • Extract from : « Dave Porter in the Gold Fields » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • A fate that like the fiat of Deity says "Thou shalt not," to all wrongdoing.
  • Extract from : « Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison » by Austin Biron Bidwell
  • I did not know then that success in wrongdoing was ever a failure.
  • Extract from : « Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison » by Austin Biron Bidwell
  • If there are rules, there is the sense of wrongdoing in the breach of them.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner

Synonyms for wrongdoing

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