wronging

ˈrɔːŋɪŋ
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Translation of wronging into French

Adjective

harmful

Rare
causing harm or unfair treatment
Rare
  • The wronging actions led to many complaints.Les actions préjudiciables ont conduit à de nombreuses plaintes.
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Synonyms and analogies of wronging in English

adj.harmfulinjuriousMore synonyms

Examples of wronging in a sentence

  • The wronging policies were eventually revoked.
wrong
rɒŋ
Adjective
1.

incorrect

not correct or truthful
  • The answer to the question was wrong.La réponse à la question était fausse.
2.

unsuitable

not appropriate for a purpose or occasion
  • Wearing shorts to a wedding is wrong.Porter un short à un mariage est inapproprié.
3.

immoral

unjust or unfair
  • It was wrong to take the money without asking..C'était immoral de prendre l'argent sans demander.
4.

malfunctioning

not working properly; amiss
  • The washing machine is wrong and needs repair.Le lave-linge est défectueux et doit être réparé.
Adverb
1.

communication

used to correct someone's misunderstanding
  • You heard wrong, the meeting is tomorrow.Tu as mal entendu, la réunion est demain.
2.

incorrectly

in an incorrect manner
  • He spelled the word wrong in his essay..Il a mal orthographié le mot dans son essai.
Noun
1.

unethical action

unjust, dishonest, or immoral act
  • He apologized for the wrong he had done..Il s'est excusé pour le mal qu'il avait fait.
2.

legal

violation of someone's rights
  • The court ruled it as a wrong against the individual.Le tribunal a considéré cela comme une injustice envers la personne.
Verb
tr.
1.

unjust treatment

treat someone unjustly or unfairly
  • He felt he had been wronged by his employer..Il avait l'impression d'avoir été lésé par son employeur.
2.

cause harm

Dated
harm or injure someone
Dated
  • She wronged him by spreading false rumors.Elle lui a fait du tort en répandant de fausses rumeurs.
3.

ethics

slander or misrepresent someone
  • He wronged her by falsely accusing her of theft.Il l'a calomniée en l'accusant à tort de vol.

Expressions with wrong: examples in English and translations in French

mauvais pied
He put his shoe on the wrong foot.
fausse route
She started coughing because the water went down the wrong pipe.
se tromper complètement
mal comprendre
He got it all wrong about the meeting time.
en tort
fautif
She was clearly in the wrong for breaking the vase.
distinguer le bien du mal
discerner le bien du mal
She learned to tell right from wrong at a young age.
mauvais chemin
fausse piste
He realized he was on the wrong track after seeing the signs.

Translations of "wronging" in Context ordered by category and frequency

faire tort

Please forgive me for wronging You.

S'il vous plaît pardonnez-moi de vous faire tort.

faire du tort

Further, people often desire to do what they do not decide to do, such as taking revenge on someone for wronging them.

De plus, les gens ont souvent envie de faire ce qu'ils ne décident pas à faire, comme pour se venger sur quelqu'un pour leur faire du tort.

avoir fait du tort

He's punishing them for wronging him.

Il les punit pour lui avoir fait du tort.

injuste

The wronging treatment of employees sparked protests outside the corporate office.

Le traitement injuste des employés a déclenché des manifestations devant le bureau de l'entreprise.

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wronging: Examples and translations in context

They are trying to avoid being catalogued as "sinners" for wronging other nations.

Ils tentent d'éviter d'être catalogués comme "pécheurs" pour avoir fait du tort à d'autres nations.

She reported the wronging behavior of her colleague to ensure fairness in the workplace.

Elle a signalé le comportement injuste de son collègue pour assurer l'équité sur le lieu de travail.

This first result will lead us to another more surprising still. Its effect is to deliver us at one blow from all the evils of property, without abolishing it, without wronging proprietors, and by a highly conservative process.

Ce premier résultat va nous conduire à un autre bien plus surprenant : il s'agit de nous délivrer d'un seul coup de toutes les charges de la propriété, sans l'abolir, sans faire tort aux propriétaires, et par un procédé éminemment conservateur.

2401 The seventh commandment forbids unjustly taking or keeping the goods of one's neighbor and wronging him in any way with respect to his goods.

2401 Le septième commandement défend de prendre ou de retenir le bien du prochain injustement et de faire du tort au prochain en ses biens de quelque manière que ce soit.

I say that it would be possible, yes, easy, to lower the price of credit from 75 to 90 per cent, without wronging the lenders, and that it depends upon the nation and the State that this should be done.

Je dis qu'il serait possible, facile, de faire baisser le prix du crédit de 75 à 90 p. %, sans faire tort aux prêteurs, et qu'il ne tient qu'à la nation et à l'État que cela soit.

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