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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Duplicity \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: duplicity n 1: a fraudulent or duplicitous representation [syn: {fraudulence}] 2: acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another [syn: {double-dealing}]
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