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Definitions for Tort

[1] a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
[2] law a civil wrong arising from an act or failure to act, independently of any contract, for which an action for personal injury or property damages may be brought

Words related to Tort

offense, immorality, violation, fault, wrong, evil, crime, lust, shortcoming, transgression, guilt, wrongdoing, error, misdeed, grievance, harm, inequity, abuse, slight, bias

Words nearby Tort

torsiversion, torsk, torso, torso murder, torsoclusion, tort, tort-feasor, torte, tortelier, tortellini, tortfeasor

Origin of Tort

1350–1400; Middle English: injury, wrong < Old French < Medieval Latin tortum wrong, injustice, noun use of neuter of Latin tortus twisted, crooked, dubious, past participle of torquēre to twist, wring

Word origin for Tort

C14: from Old French, from Medieval Latin tortum, literally: something twisted, from Latin torquēre to twist

Synonyms for Tort

crime, error, evil, fault, guilt, immorality, lust, misdeed, offense, shortcoming, transgression, violation, wrong, wrongdoing, anger, covetousness, damnation, debt, deficiency, demerit, disobedience, envy, gluttony, imperfection, iniquity, peccadillo, pride, sinfulness, sloth, trespass, ungodliness, unrighteousness, vice, wickedness, wrongness, evil-doing, peccability, peccancy, veniality