perpetrationn.

Brit.

/ˌpəːpᵻˈtreɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌpərpəˈtreɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: late Middle English perpetracioune, late Middle English–1500s perpetracion, 1500s– perpetration.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin perpetration-, perpetratio.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin perpetration-, perpetratio performance, accomplishment (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian; 5th cent. in Augustine of wrongdoing) < classical Latin perpetrāt- , past participial stem of perpetrāre perpetrate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Middle French, French perpétration (1371–5; 1380 as perpretation), Spanish perpetración (1429 or earlier).

1. The action of performing a criminal, immoral, or harmful deed; an instance of this, an evil or harmful act, an atrocity. Also in weakened use: the action of making an error, doing something foolish, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > [noun] > of something bad

perpetrationc1429

committing1463

commissionc1485

commitment1611

perpetrating1615

committal1616

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil action > [noun]

wonder1154

wickednessa1300

perpetrationc1429

maleficence1533

wicked-doing1535

malefaction1604

perpetrating1615

malefacture1635

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun]

sinc825

naughteOE

unnuteOE

sinningc1000

unrightOE

un-i-selthlOE

wonder1154

misguiltc1200

misdoinga1225

teeninga1225

miss?c1225

crimec1250

misdeed?c1250

wickednessa1300

mischiefa1387

evil-doing1398

mistakinga1400

perpetrationc1429

wrongingc1449

maledictionc1475

maleficence1533

wicked-doing1535

foul play1546

misdealing1571

flagition1598

delinquency1603

malefaction1604

meschancy1609

malefacture1635

misacting1651

guilt1726

flagitiosity1727

malpractice1739

malfeasance1856

peccation1861

miscreance1972

c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 3983 Of a synne dedely a man after perpetracioune [L. perpetrationem].

c1450 tr. G. Boccaccio De Claris Mulieribus (1924) 332 (MED) The garment of innocency Was goon awey be perpetracion of syn.

1534 Act 26 Hen. VIII c. 6 §1 The people of Wales..haue..perseuered in perpetracion and commission of diuers & manifold theftes.

1607 Bp. J. King Serm. Oxon 5 Nov. 23 For the perpetration of it [sc. the Gunpowder Plot] they went downe into the bowells of the earth.

1680 Counterplots 4 The flagitious Atchievements and most nefandous perpetrations of that Parliament.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xv. v. 224 It was not now a Time for the Perpetration of his Villainy.

1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. iv. 124 A man, whose passions might impel him to the perpetration of almost any crime.

1854 J. H. Newman Lect. Hist. Turks iii. i. 136 The savage perpetrations of Zingis and Timour.

1864 Scotsman 8 Apr. People get sympathy when they have damaged themselves by the perpetration of an idiotism.

1926 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 23 Jan. 7/4 To put up with the drudgery is a perpetration against the intelligence of a reasonable being.

1994 M. Williamson Illuminata (new ed.) ii. vii. 211 The people responsible for the perpetration of violence or violation.

2. In a neutral sense: the action of performing or carrying out any act.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > [noun]

workingOE

deedc1000

makinglOE

gestsa1340

doing1372

makea1400

workmanshipc1400

faction1447

action1483

performancec1487

performation1504

performent1527

fact1548

practice1553

agitation1573

practisy1573

function1578

affair1598

acture1609

perpetrationa1631

employing1707

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1962) X. 89 In the acting and perpetration of a good work.

a1669 J. Howard Eng. Mounsieur (1674) iv. i. 37 If were in love with any one of you three,..but I thank fate I ne're had that perpetration of the heart.

1860 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 25 Aug. 110/2 There are persons..whose fine and rapid perceptions lead to an instantaneous laugh upon the perpetration of a good thing.

1953 Ethics 63 104/1 Our noise..begets closer inspection of performance and the more circumspect perpetration of policies.

2003 Observer (Nexis) 6 Apr. (Sport section) 3 Not becoming the least carried away at having won the National and being fundamental to the perpetration of one of the great gambling coups.

3. humorous and ironic. The action of doing or producing something execrably, ineptly or clumsily; a product or instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > [noun] > of something bad > of something humorously seen as bad

perpetration1849

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working

blunderingc1440

blunt-workingc1440

bumbling1533

stumbling1569

bumble1621

bodging1634

budgelling1657

bungling1663

boggling1834

bunglery1837

muffing1841

perpetration1849

foozling1927

muck-up1942

1849 D. Rock Church our Fathers I. 215 The whimsical perpetrations of Borromini.

1934 S.P.E. Tract (Soc. for Pure Eng.) No. XLI. 23 The perpetrations universally recognized as ‘babu English’ with its preposterously learned pretensions.

1994 Jerusalem Post 16 Dec. 28 It would be charitable, after reading this horrific book, to..try to ignore the perpetration of this irretrievably awful skit on the Old Testament.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	perpetration
释义	perpetrationn. Brit. /ˌpəːpᵻˈtreɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌpərpəˈtreɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: late Middle English perpetracioune, late Middle English–1500s perpetracion, 1500s– perpetration. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin perpetration-, perpetratio. Etymology: < post-classical Latin perpetration-, perpetratio performance, accomplishment (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian; 5th cent. in Augustine of wrongdoing) < classical Latin perpetrāt- , past participial stem of perpetrāre perpetrate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Middle French, French perpétration (1371–5; 1380 as perpretation), Spanish perpetración (1429 or earlier). 1. The action of performing a criminal, immoral, or harmful deed; an instance of this, an evil or harmful act, an atrocity. Also in weakened use: the action of making an error, doing something foolish, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > [noun] > of something bad perpetrationc1429 committing1463 commissionc1485 commitment1611 perpetrating1615 committal1616 the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil action > [noun] wonder1154 wickednessa1300 perpetrationc1429 maleficence1533 wicked-doing1535 malefaction1604 perpetrating1615 malefacture1635 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] sinc825 naughteOE unnuteOE sinningc1000 unrightOE un-i-selthlOE wonder1154 misguiltc1200 misdoinga1225 teeninga1225 miss?c1225 crimec1250 misdeed?c1250 wickednessa1300 mischiefa1387 evil-doing1398 mistakinga1400 perpetrationc1429 wrongingc1449 maledictionc1475 maleficence1533 wicked-doing1535 foul play1546 misdealing1571 flagition1598 delinquency1603 malefaction1604 meschancy1609 malefacture1635 misacting1651 guilt1726 flagitiosity1727 malpractice1739 malfeasance1856 peccation1861 miscreance1972 c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 3983 Of a synne dedely a man after perpetracioune [L. perpetrationem]. c1450 tr. G. Boccaccio De Claris Mulieribus (1924) 332 (MED) The garment of innocency Was goon awey be perpetracion of syn. 1534 Act 26 Hen. VIII c. 6 §1 The people of Wales..haue..perseuered in perpetracion and commission of diuers & manifold theftes. 1607 Bp. J. King Serm. Oxon 5 Nov. 23 For the perpetration of it [sc. the Gunpowder Plot] they went downe into the bowells of the earth. 1680 Counterplots 4 The flagitious Atchievements and most nefandous perpetrations of that Parliament. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xv. v. 224 It was not now a Time for the Perpetration of his Villainy. View more context for this quotation 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. iv. 124 A man, whose passions might impel him to the perpetration of almost any crime. 1854 J. H. Newman Lect. Hist. Turks iii. i. 136 The savage perpetrations of Zingis and Timour. 1864 Scotsman 8 Apr. People get sympathy when they have damaged themselves by the perpetration of an idiotism. 1926 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 23 Jan. 7/4 To put up with the drudgery is a perpetration against the intelligence of a reasonable being. 1994 M. Williamson Illuminata (new ed.) ii. vii. 211 The people responsible for the perpetration of violence or violation. 2. In a neutral sense: the action of performing or carrying out any act. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > [noun] workingOE deedc1000 makinglOE gestsa1340 doing1372 makea1400 workmanshipc1400 faction1447 action1483 performancec1487 performation1504 performent1527 fact1548 practice1553 agitation1573 practisy1573 function1578 affair1598 acture1609 perpetrationa1631 employing1707 a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1962) X. 89 In the acting and perpetration of a good work. a1669 J. Howard Eng. Mounsieur (1674) iv. i. 37 If were in love with any one of you three,..but I thank fate I ne're had that perpetration of the heart. 1860 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 25 Aug. 110/2 There are persons..whose fine and rapid perceptions lead to an instantaneous laugh upon the perpetration of a good thing. 1953 Ethics 63 104/1 Our noise..begets closer inspection of performance and the more circumspect perpetration of policies. 2003 Observer (Nexis) 6 Apr. (Sport section) 3 Not becoming the least carried away at having won the National and being fundamental to the perpetration of one of the great gambling coups. 3. humorous and ironic. The action of doing or producing something execrably, ineptly or clumsily; a product or instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > [noun] > of something bad > of something humorously seen as bad perpetration1849 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working blunderingc1440 blunt-workingc1440 bumbling1533 stumbling1569 bumble1621 bodging1634 budgelling1657 bungling1663 boggling1834 bunglery1837 muffing1841 perpetration1849 foozling1927 muck-up1942 1849 D. Rock Church our Fathers I. 215 The whimsical perpetrations of Borromini. 1934 S.P.E. Tract (Soc. for Pure Eng.) No. XLI. 23 The perpetrations universally recognized as ‘babu English’ with its preposterously learned pretensions. 1994 Jerusalem Post 16 Dec. 28 It would be charitable, after reading this horrific book, to..try to ignore the perpetration of this irretrievably awful skit on the Old Testament. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1429
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