Usually means: Act causing harm or misfortune.
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  1. ill turn: Vocabulary.com
  2. ill-turn, ill turn: Wordnik
  3. ill turn: Wiktionary
  4. Ill turn, ill turn: Dictionary.com
  5. ill turn: Rhymezone
  6. ill turn: FreeDictionary.org
  7. ill turn: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. ill turn: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. ill turn: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ill turn)

▸ noun:  (dated) An act of unkindness or enmity; a bad deed; an evil turn.
▸ noun:  (dated) A change for the worse.

Similar:
disservice, ill service, evil turn, disfavour, meanness, dirty trick, disgrace, vileness, ill-usage, villainy, more...

Opposite:
boon, benefit, windfall

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Similar:
disservice, ill service, evil turn, disfavour, meanness, dirty trick, disgrace, vileness, ill-usage, villainy, more...

Opposite:
boon, benefit, windfall



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