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▪ I. wrong-doing, vbl. n.|ˈrɒŋˌduːɪŋ|
Also wrongdoing.
[f. as prec. + doing vbl. n.]
The action of doing wrong or amiss, or the fact of wrong being done.
1. Transgression of or offence against the moral or established law; reprehensible action or behaviour; evil-doing, misdoing; misconduct.
Rare before 19th c. In frequent use from c 1860.
1480Coventry Leet Bk. 444 The Priour & Couent..desiren restitucion of such wrongedoyng. 1547Latimer in Foxe A. & M. (1563) 1352 He that is so obstacle and vntractable in wickednes and wronge doing. 1681Robertson Phraseol. Gen. 1355 To withstand the doing of wrong; to be against wrong doing, obsistere injuriæ. 1828–32Webster. 1837H. Martineau Soc. Amer. III. 10 The idea of honour is such as to exclude all fear, except of wrong-doing. 1858Gen. P. Thompson Audi Alt. lxxv. II. 25 It is the rule of heaven, that wrong-doing shall bring sorrow. 1891Farrar Darkn. & Dawn xxii, To act [thus]..would have been to betray uneasiness and confess wrongdoing.
2. A wrongful or blameworthy action.
1874M. Creighton Hist. Ess. i. (1902) 21 A wrong-doing of which it felt no guilt. 1899Crockett Kit Kennedy 245 [She] seemed to have suffered for every body else's wrong⁓doings.
▪ II. wrong-doing, ppl. a. rare.
[f. as prec. + doing, pr. pple. of do v.]
That does wrong, harm, or ill; prone to or committing wrongful actions.
c1400Rule St. Benet (Prose) xxxi. 23 Þat te celeresse sal..be meke, and sobur, and noht..noius, ne wrangdoande [L. injuriosus]. 1718Prior Solomon iii. 205 The..violent Will of the wrong-doing Great. 1901Daily News 3 Jan. 6/1 The populations of wrong-doing cities must pay. |