misdeed
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Misdeed \Mis*deed"\, n. [AS. misd[=ae]d. See {Deed}, n.]
An evil deed; a wicked action.
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Evils which our own misdeeds have wrought. --Milton.
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Syn: Misconduct; misdemeanor; fault; offense; trespass;
transgression; crime.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "misdeed":
atrocity, breach, crime, crime against humanity, deadly sin,
delinquency, dereliction, enormity, error, evil, failure, fault,
felony, genocide, guilty act, heavy sin, impropriety, indiscretion,
inexpiable sin, iniquity, injury, injustice, lapse, malefaction,
malfeasance, malum, minor wrong, misconduct, misdeeds, misdemeanor,
misdoing, misfeasance, mortal sin, nonfeasance, offense, omission,
outrage, peccadillo, peccancy, sin, sin of commission,
sin of omission, sinful act, slip, tort, transgression, trespass,
trip, unutterable sin, venial sin, wrong, wrongdoing
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