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nonfeasance

non·fea·sance [ non fz'nss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
failure to meet legal obligations: in law, the omission of some act that is expected to have been performed.
See also  malfeasance (sense 1) misfeasance


[Early 17th century. < obsolete feasance "doing" < Anglo-Norman fesa(u)nce, French faisance< fais-, present stem of faire "to do" < Latin facere]
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