Home › Words › W › wrongdoingwrongdoing/ˈɹɒŋˌduːɪŋ/wrongdoing means violation of standards of behavior.wrongdoing is pronounced /ˈɹɒŋˌduːɪŋ/.EtymologyFrom Middle English wrong doyng, wrong doynge, wrong doinge, equivalent to wrong + doing.nounViolation of standards of behavior.e.g.“A Chinese proverb goes, "He who commits wrongdoing repeatedly will come to no good end."”An instance of doing wrong.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.misdoing 74% match — Wrongdoing. vs wrongdoing →wrongdoer 69% match — Someone who does wrong, whether morally, ethically, or in contravention of a law. vs wrongdoing →wrongness 68% match — The quality of being wrong; error or fault. vs wrongdoing →delinquency 67% match — Misconduct. vs wrongdoing →wronging 66% match — An act by which somebody is wronged. vs wrongdoing →misdeed 65% match — That which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime. vs wrongdoing →wrongways 64% match — Towards wrongdoing vs wrongdoing →wrongly 64% match — In violation of a moral or other standard, code, or convention; in an unfair, unjust, dishonest, or immoral manner; wrongly convicted is synonymous with wrongful conviction and miscarriage of justice. vs wrongdoing →