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Nonfeasance

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The intentional failure to perform an official duty or legal requirement. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    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 wordnet
  3. 3
    The lack of liability associated with the failure to act. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From non- + feasance.

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