NONFEASANCE

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 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)

Sense 1

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)