perpetration Definition

perpetrate
verb

perpetrated, perpetrating
1. To commit, or be guilty of (a crime, misdeed, error, etc).

Thesaurus: commit, execute, enact, carry out, do, perform, wreak, inflict.

Derivative: perpetration
noun

Derivative: perpetrator
noun

Etymology: 16c: from Latin perpetrare to bring about or commit, from patrare to achieve.