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deficience

deficience noun: deficiency.

Noun

deficience (countable and uncountable, plural deficiences)

  1. (obsolete) Deficiency.
    • Thou in thyself art perfect, and in thee Is no deficience found: Not so is Man, But in degree; the cause of his desire By conversation with his like to help Or solace his defects.1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
    • Whoever has the care of instructing others, may be charged with deficience in his duty if this book is not recommended.1719, Isaac Watts, The Psalms of David

Forms of deficience

pluraldeficiences

Origin of deficience

From Late Latin dēficientia.

Questions about deficience

What does deficience mean?
Deficience means deficiency.
What part of speech is deficience?
Deficience is a noun.
What is the plural of deficience?
The plural of deficience is deficiences.

Words near deficience in the dictionary

  1. defibulated
  2. defibulates
  3. defibulating
  4. defibulation
  5. defibulations
  6. deficience
  7. deficiences
  8. deficiencies
  9. deficiency
  10. deficiency disease
  11. deficiency diseases

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