Wrongdoing — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

departure from what is ethically acceptable

activity that transgresses moral or civil law

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹˈɑːŋduːˌɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹˈɒŋduːˌɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹˈɒŋduːˌɪŋ/

2 syllables Say it as /ɹˈɑːŋduːˌɪŋ/.

Examples

he denied any wrongdoing

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

error wrongful conduct actus reus misconduct

Parts of Speech

noun	departure from what is ethically acceptable
noun	activity that transgresses moral or civil law “he denied any wrongdoing”

Word Forms

misconduct

verb

behave badly

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Fehlverhalten

Abweichung von dem, was ethisch vertretbar ist

🇫🇷French

méfait

s'éloigner de ce qui est éthiquement acceptable

🇪🇸Spanish

marcha mala

desviación de lo que es éticamente aceptable

🇮🇹Italian

illecito

allontanamento da ciò che è eticamente accettabile

🇳🇱Dutch

wangedrag

afwijken van wat ethisch aanvaardbaar is

🇵🇹Portuguese

transgressão

afastamento do que é eticamente aceitável

🇷🇺Russian

проступок

отклонение от того, что является этически приемлемым

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अधर्म

जो नैतिक रूप से स्वीकार्य है उससे हटना

🇧🇩Bengali

অন্যায়

নৈতিকভাবে গ্রহণযোগ্য যা থেকে প্রস্থান

🇮🇳Tamil

தவறு

தார்மீக ரீதியாக ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளக்கூடியவற்றிலிருந்து விலகுதல்

🇮🇳Telugu

తప్పు చేయడం

నైతికంగా ఆమోదయోగ్యమైన వాటి నుండి నిష్క్రమణ

🇮🇳Marathi

चूक

नैतिकदृष्ट्या मान्य असलेल्या गोष्टीपासून दूर जाणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

ખોટું કામ

નૈતિક રીતે સ્વીકાર્ય છે તેમાંથી પ્રસ્થાન

🇮🇳Kannada

ತಪ್ಪು ಮಾಡುವುದು

ನೈತಿಕವಾಗಿ ಸ್ವೀಕಾರಾರ್ಹವಾದವುಗಳಿಂದ ನಿರ್ಗಮನ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തെറ്റായ പ്രവൃത്തി

ധാർമ്മികമായി സ്വീകാര്യമായതിൽ നിന്ന് വ്യതിചലനം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਗਲਤ ਕੰਮ

ਨੈਤਿਕ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਸਵੀਕਾਰਯੋਗ ਚੀਜ਼ ਤੋਂ ਵਿਦਾ ਹੋਣਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

غلط کام

اخلاقی طور پر قابل قبول چیز سے علیحدگی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

不当行为

背离道德可接受的范围

🇯🇵Japanese

不正行為

倫理的に許容されるものからの逸脱

🇰🇷Korean

악행

윤리적으로 허용되는 것에서 벗어남

🇻🇳Vietnamese

việc làm sai trái

khởi hành từ những gì được chấp nhận về mặt đạo đức

🇹🇭Thai

การกระทำผิด

ออกจากสิ่งที่เป็นที่ยอมรับทางจริยธรรม

🇮🇩Indonesian

pelanggaran

penyimpangan dari apa yang dapat diterima secara etis

🇵🇭Filipino

maling gawain

pag-alis sa kung ano ang katanggap-tanggap sa etika

🇲🇾Malay

salah laku

menyimpang daripada apa yang boleh diterima secara etika

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مخالفات

الخروج عما هو مقبول أخلاقيا

🇮🇷Persian

انجام اشتباه

انحراف از آنچه از نظر اخلاقی قابل قبول است

🇹🇷Turkish

haksızlık

Etik olarak kabul edilebilir olandan sapma

🇮🇱Hebrew

עוולה

יציאה ממה שמקובל מבחינה אתית

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The primary meaning of 'wrongdoing' is 'departure from what is ethically acceptable'.

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