As though to obliterate their former misconduct, the behaviour of the malcontents was admirable.
"The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley"
Bertram Mitford
How could she guess that he had tuned his confession to the key of what he believed would be an innocent girl's estimate of his misconduct?
"The Literary Sense"
E. Nesbit
Do not insist on a right which you have forfeited through your own misconduct.
"Under a Charm, Vol. III. (of III) A Novel"
E. Werner