| Main Entry: | misdeed/misdemeanor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sin, crime |
Synonyms: |
breach of law, criminality, dirt*, dirty deed, dirty pool, fault, infringement, malefaction, misbehavior, misconduct, miscue, offense, peccadillo, slipup, transgression, trespass, villainy, violation, wrong, wrongdoing |
Antonyms: |
goodness |
| Main Entry: | misdemeanor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | criminal offense |
Synonyms: |
criminality, offense, transgression, violation |
| Notes: | crime is from Latin crimen 'judgment, accusation, offense' and a crime is an act in violation of a law; a misdemeanor is a less serious crime while a felony is a major crime |
| Main Entry: | crime |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | offense against the law |
Synonyms: |
abomination, antisocial behavior, atrocity, breach, break, caper, case, corruption, criminality, delict, delictum, delinquency, depravity, dereliction, enormity, evil, evil behavior, fast one, fault, felony, hit, illegality, immorality, infraction, infringement, iniquity, job, lawlessness, malefaction, malfeasance, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanor, mortal sin, outrage, racket, scandal, sneak, tort, transgression, trespass, unlawful act, vice, villainy, violation, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing |
| Notes: | crime is from Latin crimen 'judgment, accusation, offense' and a crime is an act in violation of a law; a misdemeanor is a less serious crime while a felony is a major crime |
Antonyms: |
good deed, kindness |
| Main Entry: | delinquency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misconduct |
Synonyms: |
crime, default, dereliction, failure, fault, lapse, misbehavior, misdeed, misdemeanor, neglect, nonfeasance, nonobservance, offense, oversight, weakness, wrongdoing |
Antonyms: |
good behavior |
| Main Entry: | fault |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blame, sin; mistake |
Synonyms: |
accountability, answerability, blunder, crime, culpability, defect, delinquency, dereliction, error, evil doing, failing, flaw, foible, frailty, guilt, impropriety, inaccuracy, indiscretion, infirmity, lapse, liability, loss of innocence, malfeasance, malpractice, misconduct, miscue, misdeed, misdemeanor, negligence, offense, omission, onus, oversight, peccancy, responsibility, slip, slip-up, solecism, transgression, trespass, vice, weakness, wrong, wrongdoing |
Antonyms: |
advantage, benefit, blessing, correctness, good, perfection |
| Main Entry: | misbehavior |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | naughty act, conduct |
Synonyms: |
acting up, fault, immorality, impropriety, incivility, indiscipline, insubordination, mischief, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanor, misdoing, monkey business, naughtiness, rudeness, shenanigans*, transgression, wrongdoing |
Antonyms: |
behavior, good conduct, manners, obedience |
| Main Entry: | misconduct |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad or unethical behavior |
Synonyms: |
delinquency, dereliction, evil, immorality, impropriety, malfeasance, malpractice, malversation, misbehavior, mischief, misdemeanor, misdoing, mismanagement, naughtiness, offense, rudeness, transgression, wrongdoing |
Antonyms: |
behavior, manners, obedience |
| Main Entry: | offense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | violation, trespass |
Synonyms: |
breach, crime, delinquency, fault, infraction, lapse, malfeasance, misdeed, misdemeanor, peccadillo, sin, transgression, wrong, wrongdoing |
Antonyms: |
obedience |
| Main Entry: | peccadillo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small fault |
Synonyms: |
bad habit, faux pas, impropriety, indiscretion, minor fault, minor infraction, minor sin, misdemeanor, petty offense, slight transgression, small infraction, small sin, venial sin, vice |
| Main Entry: | transgression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | violation, misbehavior |
Synonyms: |
breach, breaking of the law, contravention, crime, defiance, disobedience, encroachment, erring, error, fault, infraction, infringement, iniquity, lapse, misdeed, misdemeanor, offense, overstepping, sin, slip, trespass, vice, wrong, wrongdoing |
Antonyms: |
behavior, good manners, obedience, right |