Synonyms for tort
Most common
injury delict peccadillo malefaction civil wrong tortoise shell
All synonyms
Noun
1. Injury — A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which…
injury, wrong, crime, offense US, offence UK, malfeasance, misdemeanor US, misdemeanour UK, sin, error, delinquency, misdeed, transgression, delict, peccadillo, malefaction, tortfeasance, trespass, misdoing
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury and can be remedied in civil court, usually through the awarding of damages.
Related words
- Word family
- torts tortfeasance tortious
- Phrases
- tort law
Forms
- Plural
- torts → injuries, wrongs, crimes, offenses…
Example sentences
- injury An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| tort | steady | |
| injury | steady | |
| delict | rising | |
| peccadillo | rising | |
| malefaction | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- sin1
- 5 letters
- wrong1, crime1, error2
- 6 letters
- injury3, delict
- 7 letters
- offense2, offence, misdeed2
- 8 letters
- trespass2, misdoing
- 10 letters
- peccadillo
- 11 letters
- misdemeanor4, delinquency4, malfeasance3, malefaction
- 12 letters
- misdemeanour, tortfeasance
- 13 letters
- transgression3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (error2 = 2 syllables).