Tort

Pronunciation

• enPR: tô(r)t, IPA: /ˈtɔː(r)t/
• Homophones: taught, taut in non-rhotic accents
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)t

Dialectal variation of tart.

Full definition of tort

Adjective

1. Tart, sharp.

From Old French tort, from Latin tortum, from tortus ("twisted").

Noun

1. An injury or wrong. from the mid-13th c.
• Spenserthat had them long opprest with tort
2. (legal) A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, which causes an injury and can be remedied at civil law, usually through awarding damages. from the later 16th c.
3. (in the plural, torts) The area of law dealing with such wrongful acts.

Synonyms

• (legal, a wrongful act) delict Scottish law

Derived terms

• tortious

Adjective

1. (obsolete) Stretched tight; taut.
• EmersonYet holds he them with tortest rein.

Anagrams

• trot