Definitions for: Duplicity


[n] acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another
[n] a fraudulent or duplicitous representation



Webster (1913) Definition: Du*plic"i*ty, n.; pl. Duplicities. [F.
duplicit['e], L. duplicitas, fr. duplex double. See
Duplex.]
1. Doubleness; a twofold state. [Archaic]

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. (Law)
(a) The use of two or more distinct allegations or
answers, where one is sufficient. --Blackstone.
(b) In indictments, the union of two incompatible
offenses. --Wharton.

Syn: Double dealing; dissimulation; deceit; guile; deception;
falsehood.

Synonyms: double-dealing, fraudulence

See Also: deceit, deceit, deception, deception, dissembling, dissimulation, misrepresentation

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