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non·fea·sance

(nŏn-fē′zəns)

Failure to perform an act that is an official, contractual, or professional duty.

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nonfeasance

(ˌnɒnˈfiːzəns)

(Law) law a failure to act when under an obligation to do so. Compare malfeasance, misfeasance

[C16: from non- + feasance (obsolete) performing or doing, from French faisance, from faire to do, from Latin facere]

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non•fea•sance

(nɒnˈfi zəns)

n.

failure to perform an act that is part of one's responsibility.

[1590–1600]

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nonfeasance - 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

dereliction - willful negligence

nonfeasance

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Law. Nonperformance of what ought to be done:

default, delinquency, dereliction, failure, neglect, omission.

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