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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Perpetration

· Per·pe·tra·tion · IPA
01 n. The act of perpetrating; a doing; -- commonly used of doing something wrong, as a crime.
  1. 1.
    The act of perpetrating; a doing; -- commonly used of doing something wrong, as a crime.
  2. 2.
    The thing perpetrated; an evil action.