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单词 wrongdoing
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wrongdoingn.

Brit. /ˈrɒŋˌduːɪŋ/, /ˌrɒŋˈduːɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈrɔŋˌduɪŋ/, /ˈrɑŋˌduɪŋ/
Forms: Also wrong-doing.
Etymology: < wrong n.2 + doing 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 cent. In frequent use from c1860.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > violation of law
unlawOE
wrongc1270
surfeitc1400
violation1433
wrongdoing1480
unlawfulnessa1500
transgressing1535
contravention1579
anomy1595
non-reason1597
contravening1645
law-breaking1881
1480 Coventry Leet Bk. 444 The Priour & Couent..desiren restitucion of such wrongedoyng.
a1555 H. Latimer Let. 15 July in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 1352/1 He that is so obstacle and vntractable in wickednes and wronge doing.
1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis 1355 To withstand the doing of wrong; to be against wrong doing, obsistere injuriæ.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Wrong-Doing, evil or wicked act or action.
1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 10 The idea of honour is such as to exclude all fear, except of wrong-doing.
1858 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem II. lxxv. 25 It is the rule of heaven, that wrong-doing shall bring sorrow.
1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn I. xxii. 206 To act [thus]..would have been to betray uneasiness and confess wrongdoing.
2. A wrongful or blameworthy action.
ΘΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [noun]
unrightOE
witec1175
misbodea1200
misguiltc1200
misdoinga1225
miss?c1225
trespassinga1340
forfeiturec1380
offensiona1382
crimec1384
abusion?1387
evil-doing1398
mistakinga1400
offendinga1425
transgression1426
wrongingc1449
digression1517
digressinga1535
transgressing1535
swerving1545
misdealing1571
transgress1578
misfaring1595
misacting1651
malpractice1739
malfeasance1856
wrongdoing1874
miscreance1972
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > an evil deed
misdeedeOE
murderOE
harmOE
un-i-selthlOE
ungooda1250
wickednessa1325
illa1340
untetchea1375
villainy1377
wretchednessc1380
misdoingc1460
malefice1591
turpitude1597
meschantery1634
misactiona1667
naughtiness1789
wrongdoing1874
1874 M. Creighton Hist. Ess. (1902) i. 21 A wrong-doing of which it felt no guilt.
1899 S. R. Crockett Kit Kennedy 245 [She] seemed to have suffered for every body else's wrong~doings.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

wrongdoingadj.

Brit. /ˌrɒŋˈduːɪŋ/, /ˈrɒŋˌduːɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈrɔŋˌduɪŋ/, /ˈrɑŋˌduɪŋ/
Etymology: < wrong n.2 + doing, present participle of do v.
rare.
That does wrong, harm, or ill; prone to or committing wrongful actions.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [adjective]
misfaringc1300
fayllarda1325
wronga1382
wrongfulc1384
misdoinga1398
misdeedya1400
wrongdoingc1400
digressinga1535
transgressing1535
offending1552
exorbitant1556
offensive1595
transgressive1646
maleficent1760
transgredient1837
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [adjective] > doing wrong
misdoinga1398
misdeedya1400
wrongdoingc1400
maleficent1760
c1400 Rule St. Benet (Prose) xxxi. 23 Þat te celeresse sal..be meke, and sobur, and noht..noius, ne wrangdoande [L. injuriosus].
1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity iii, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 480 The..violent Will of the wrong-doing Great.
1901 Daily News 3 Jan. 6/1 The populations of wrong-doing cities must pay.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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