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complicities

complicities is the plural of complicity.

Meaning of complicity

Noun

complicity (countable and uncountable, plural complicities)

  1. The state of being complicit; involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing.
    • He drew up a placard, offering Twenty Pounds reward for the apprehension of Stephen Blackpool, suspected of complicity in the robbery of Coketown Bank.1854, Charles Dickens, chapter 32, in Hard Times
  2. (archaic) Complexity.
    • How easy is it, on the other hand, to an enlightened teacher, particularly in the beginning, to elucidate the various forms of rhythm by methodical arrangement in respect of simplicity and increasing complicity or mixture!1861, Dr. Marx, “Musical Education and Instruction,”, in The Musical Times, volume 10, number 220, page 53

Questions about complicities

What is complicities the plural of?
Complicities is the plural of complicity.

Words near complicities in the dictionary

  1. complicator
  2. complicators
  3. complice
  4. complices
  5. complicit
  6. complicities
  7. complicitly
  8. complicitness
  9. complicitous
  10. complicitousness
  11. complicity

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