wrongdoing

wrongdoing
    n 1: departure from what is ethically acceptable [syn: {error},
         {wrongdoing}]
    2: activity that transgresses moral or civil law; "he denied any
       wrongdoing" [syn: {wrongdoing}, {wrongful conduct},
       {misconduct}, {actus reus}]
    

Wrongdoing \Wrong"do`ing\, n.
   Evil or wicked behavior or action.
   [1913 Webster]
    

79 Moby Thesaurus words for "wrongdoing":
      amorality, backsliding, bad policy, badness, carnality, crime,
      criminality, delict, delinquency, diablerie, discourtesy, disorder,
      disorderliness, disorderly conduct, disruption, disruptiveness,
      evil, evil nature, felony, frowned-upon behavior, hooliganism,
      horseplay, illegality, immorality, impolicy, impropriety, impurity,
      inexpedience, inexpediency, iniquity, maladministration,
      malfeasance, malpractice, misadministration, misbehavior,
      misconduct, misdemeanor, misdirection, misdoing, misfeasance,
      misgovernment, misguidance, mishandling, mismanagement, misrule,
      moral delinquency, naughtiness, neglect, negligence, nonfeasance,
      nonsanctioned behavior, offense, omission, peccability,
      prodigality, recidivism, roughhouse, rowdiness, rowdyism,
      ruffianism, sin, tort, unangelicalness, unchastity, uncleanness,
      ungodliness, ungoodness, unmorality, unrighteousness,
      unsaintliness, unvirtuousness, vandalism, venial sin, vice,
      viciousness, violation, wantonness, waywardness, wrong