Malefactions

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Acts that involve intentional wrongdoing and malevolence
2. Deliberate actions that break laws or moral rules and cause harm or wrongdoing
3. Behaviors involving illegal or unethical conduct that are harmful to others

Etymology: "Malefactions" is the plural of "malefaction," an inflected form whose singular comes from Latin "malefaciō," a verb built from "male," meaning "badly" or "ill," and "facere," meaning "to do" or "make." The Latin verb thus described doing harm or ill, and the noun carries that same sense of a wrongdoing or evil deed. The plural simply refers to several such acts or instances of wrongdoing, used most often in formal or legal contexts.

Synonyms: crimes, offenses, wrongdoings, misdeeds, transgressions

Antonyms: virtues, good deeds, righteousness