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misdeed
CIDE DICTIONARY
misdeed, n. [AS. misd. See Deed, n. ].
An evil deed; a wicked action. [1913 Webster]
"Evils which our own misdeeds have wrought." [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Misconduct; misdemeanor; fault; offense; trespass; transgression; crime.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
misdeed, n. an evil deed, a wrongdoing; a crime.
Etymology
OE misd{aelig}d (as MIS-(1), DEED)
THESAURUS
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, wrongdoingROGET THESAURUS
misdeed
Guilt
N guilt, guiltiness, culpability, criminality, criminousness, deviation from rectitude, sinfulness, misconduct, misbehavior, misdoing, misdeed, malpractice, fault, sin, error, transgression, dereliction, delinquency, indiscretion, lapse, slip, trip, faux pas, peccadillo, flaw, blot, omission, failing, failure, break, bad break!, capital crime, delictum, offense, trespass, misdemeanor, misfeasance, misprision, malefaction, malfeasance, malversation, crime, felony, enormity, atrocity, outrage, deadly sin, mortal sin, deed without a name, corpus delicti, guilty, to blame, culpable, peccable, in fault, at fault, censurable, reprehensible, blameworthy, uncommendable, illaudable, weighed in the balance and found wanting, exceptionable, in flagrante delicto, red-handed, in the very act, with one's hand in the cookie jar, cui prodest scelus in fecit, culpam paena premit comes, O would the deed were good!, responsibility prevents crimes se judice nemo noce, so many laws argues so many sins.For further exploring for "misdeed" in Webster Dictionary Online
