Word info

wrong-doing

Adjective

Meaning

wrong-doing (not comparable)

Alternative spelling of wrongdoing

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

The yoke a man creates for himself by wrong-doing will breed hate in the kindliest nature . . . George Eliot

In the state of nature, wrong-doing is impossible ; or, if anyone does wrong, it is to himself, not to another. Baruch Spinoza

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the justice that may consist with wrong-doing. Henry David Thoreau

Making money is not without its value, but nothing is baser than to make it by wrong-doing. Democritus

'Tis well to restrain the wicked, and in any case not to join him in his wrong-doing. Democritus

Let a wrong-doing repeat itself at least three times: the first may be an accident, the second a mistake, but the third is likely to be intentional. African Proverb

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