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Nonfeasance Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ance

Nonfeasance has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do

2

The intentional failure to perform an official duty or legal requirement.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
dereliction
Rhyming Words
nce ance ince unce ence once vince sence ponce nance munce vance dunce hence bonce ounce nonce gance dance vonce
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