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Definitions for Duplicity

[1] deceitfulness in speech or conduct, as by speaking or acting in two different ways to different people concerning the same matter; double-dealing.
[2] an act or instance of such deceitfulness.
[3] Law . the act or fact of including two or more offenses in one count, or charge, as part of an indictment, thus violating the requirement that each count contain only a single offense.
[4] the state or quality of having two elements or parts; being twofold or double.
[5] deception; double-dealing

Words related to Duplicity

falsehood, chicanery, hypocrisy, artifice, deceit, dishonesty, double-dealing, dualism, fraud, guile, treachery, perfidy, perfidiousness, one-upmanship, skullduggery, cunning, duality, dissimulation, dissemblance

Words nearby Duplicity

duplicator, duplicature, duplicatus, duplicident, duplicitous, duplicity, dupondius, dupont, duppy, dupré, dupuy-dutemps operation

Origin of Duplicity

1400–50; late Middle English duplicite < Middle French < Medieval Latin, Late Latin duplicitās, with -ite replacing -itās; see duplex, -ity

Other words from Duplicity

non·du·plic·i·ty , noun

Word origin for Duplicity

C15: from Old French duplicite, from Late Latin duplicitās a being double, from Latin duplex

Synonyms for Duplicity

artifice, chicanery, deceit, dishonesty, falsehood, hypocrisy, cunning, dissimulation, double-dealing, dualism, duality, faithlessness, fraud, guile, one-upmanship, perfidiousness, perfidy, skullduggery, treachery, Judas kiss, dirty dealing, dirty pool, dirty trick, dirty work, dissemblance, stab in back, treacherousness, two-facedness, twoness