Associations to the word «Nonfeasance»

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Wiktionary

NONFEASANCE, noun. (legal) The intentional failure to perform an official duty or legal requirement.
NONFEASANCE, noun. (legal) The lack of liability associated with the failure to act.

Dictionary definition

NONFEASANCE, noun. 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.

Wise words

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
Charles de Gaulle