tort

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /tɔrt/ UK /tɔːt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a wrongful act causing harm for which civil liability may arise

Negligence is one of the most common torts in law.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a wrongful act causing harm... wrong injury offense misdeed trespass

Word family

Derived forms tortioustortiouslytortfeasor

Related forms torture tortuous retort distort

Etymology

From Old French tort ('wrong, injustice'), from Medieval Latin tortum ('injustice'), noun use of the neuter past participle of Latin torquēre ('to twist').

tort Old French tortum Latin torquēre Latin

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# tort

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /tɔrt/
**IPA (UK):** /tɔːt/

## Meanings
1. a wrongful act causing harm for which civil liability may arise

## Examples
- Negligence is one of the most common torts in law.

## Synonyms
- wrong
- injury
- offense
- misdeed
- trespass

## Derived Forms
- tortious
- tortiously
- tortfeasor

## Related Forms
- torture
- tortuous
- retort
- distort

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: tort
- Root: tortum
- Root: torquēre

## Etymology
From Old French tort ('wrong, injustice'), from Medieval Latin tortum ('injustice'), noun use of the neuter past participle of Latin torquēre ('to twist').

## AI Etymology
Tort is from Old French tort ('wrong, injustice'), from Medieval Latin tortum ('injustice'), noun use of the neuter past participle of Latin torquēre ('to twist'). Important recorded forms include tort (Old French), tortum (Latin), and torquēre (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a wrongful act causing harm for which civil liability may arise. The wider family includes derived forms such as tortious, tortiously, and tortfeasor and related words such as torture, tortuous, retort, and distort.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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