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Definition of Duplicity
1. Noun. A fraudulent or duplicitous representation.
Generic synonyms: Deceit, Deception, Misrepresentation
Derivative terms: Duplicitous
2. Noun. Acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another.
Generic synonyms: Deceit, Deception, Dissembling, Dissimulation
Derivative terms: Double-dealing, Duplicitous
Definition of Duplicity
1. n. Doubleness; a twofold state.
Definition of Duplicity
1. Noun. Intentional deceptiveness; double-dealing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Duplicity
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Medical Definition of Duplicity
1. Origin: F. Duplicite, L. Duplicitas, fr. Duplex double. See Duplex. 1. Doubleness; a twofold state. "Do not affect duplicities nor triplicities, nor any certain number of parts in your division of things." (I. Watts) 2. Doubleness of heart or speech; insincerity; a sustained form of deception which consists in entertaining or pretending to entertain one of feelings, and acting as if influenced by another; bad faith. "Far from the duplicity wickedly charged on him, he acted his part with alacrity and resolution." (Burke) 3. The use of two or more distinct allegations or answers, where one is sufficient. In indictments, the union of two incompatible offenses. Synonym: Double dealing, dissimulation, deceit, guile, deception, falsehood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Duplicity
Literary usage of Duplicity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"There may be much deceit or duplicity in a person's character or in ... The deceit
may be more or less veiled ; the duplicity lies very deep, and is always ..."
2. Hand-book of Common-law Pleading by Benjamin Jonson Shipman (1895)
"duplicity in the Declaration. 251. Several Demands. 252-254. Several Counts. ...
duplicity In Pleadings Subsequent to the Declaration—Several Pleas. 258. ..."
3. A Treatise on the Principles of Pleading, in Civil Actions by James Gould (1887)
"duplicity. NATURE OF. SECTION 1. duplicity, or double pleading, consists in
alleging, for one single purpose or object, two or more distinct grounds of ..."
4. Handbook of Criminal Procedure by William Lawrence Clark, William Ephraim Mikell (1918)
"duplicity is the joinder of two or more offenses in the same count. ... The question
of duplicity is often treated with joinder of counts, under the head of ..."
5. Cases on Common Law Pleading: Selected from Decisions of English and by Clarke Butler Whittier, Edmund Morris Morgan (1916)
""duplicity in a declaration consists in joining in one and the same count different
grounds of action, of different natures, or of the same nature, ..."
6. Civil Procedure at Common Law by Alexander Martin (1899)
"The Vice of duplicity. There are two rules under this grouping, one of which is
invoked to prevent duplicity in pleading, the other to prevent a party from ..."
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