NONFEASANCE
Dictionary entry overview: What does nonfeasance mean? • NONFEASANCE (noun)
The noun NONFEASANCE has 1 sense:
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
Familiarity information: NONFEASANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NONFEASANCE (noun)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("nonfeasance" is a kind of...):
dereliction (willful negligence)
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