Nonfeasance Definition

nŏn-fēzəns
noun
Failure to do what duty requires to be done.
Webster's New World
A failure to act in derogation of a duty to do so.
Webster's New World Law

Other Word Forms of Nonfeasance

Noun

Singular:
nonfeasance
Plural:
nonfeasances

Origin of Nonfeasance

  • non– (mis)feasance

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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