civil wrong

1. 1.

   (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought

   Synonymstort

   Broaderwrongdoing

   Narroweralienation of affectioninvasion of privacytrespass

   law

Questions about civil wrong

What does civil wrong mean?

civil wrong means "(law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought".

What is another word for civil wrong?

Close synonyms include tort. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is civil wrong a common word?

civil wrong is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.