delinquency (noun)
111liability — li·a·bil·i·ty /ˌlī ə bi lə tē/ n pl ties 1: the quality or state of being liable 2: something for which one is liable: as a: a financial obligation: debt tax liability the bonds …
112malfeasance — mal·fea·sance /ˌmal fēz əns/ n [mal bad + obsolete English feasance doing, execution, from Old French faisance, from fais , stem of faire to make, do, from Latin facere]: the commission (as by a public official) of a wrongful or unlawful act… …
113malpractice — mal·prac·tice /ˌmal prak təs/ n: negligence, misconduct, lack of ordinary skill, or a breach of duty in the performance of a professional service (as in medicine) resulting in injury or loss Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster.… …
114nonfeasance — non·fea·sance /ˌnän fēz əns/ n [non + obsolete English feasance doing, execution, from Anglo French fesance, from Old French faisance act, from fais , stem of faire to do, from Latin facere]: the failure or omission to do something that should be …
115tort — / tȯrt/ n [Anglo French, wrongful or illegal act, from Old French, injury, from Medieval Latin tortum, from Latin, neuter of tortus twisted, from past participle of torquēre to twist]: a wrongful act other than a breach of contract that injures… …
116facet — 1. noun /ˈfæsɪt/ a) Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem. This facet of the diamond was masterfully cut to enhance its value. b) One among many similar or related, yet still distinct things. The childs learning disability was only one… …
117relict — 1. noun /ˈrɛlɪkt/ a) The surviving member of a married couple after one or the other has died; a widow or widower But I am not the penniless nonentity I was when we first met; I can offer an honorable if not a brilliant marriage; and at the very… …
118atrocity — I noun abomination, abuse, act of ferocity, atrocious crime, atrocitas, barbarity, deed of savagery, ferity, ferocity, fiendishness, flagitious villainy, flagitiousness, flagrancy, gross offense, heinousness, holocaust, infamy, inhumanity,… …
119corruption — I noun abuse of public trust, act of bribing, act of profiteering, baseness, breach of faith, breach of trust, bribery, complicity, conduct involving graft, corrupt inducement, corruptela, corruptibility, corruptio, crime, criminality, debasement …
120ethics — eth·ics / e thiks/ n pl but sing or pl in constr: the principles of conduct governing an individual or a profession see also aba model rules of professional conduct in the important laws section Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam… …
