delinquency
/dɪˈlɪŋkwənsi/
delinquency noun: misconduct.
Noun
delinquency (countable and uncountable, plural delinquencies)
- Misconduct.
- A criminal offense.
- Synonyms:
- misdemeanor, transgression, wrong, crime, criminal offence, criminality, malefaction, perpetration, unlaw, unlawfulness
- A debt that is overdue for payment.
- Commercial and multifamily mortgage delinquencies increased in the first quarter of 2023, according to a new report from the Mortgage Bankers Association. […] The quarterly analysis looks at delinquency rates for five of the largest investor groups: FDIC-insured banks and thrifts, commercial...2023 June 2, Anna Bahney, “Commercial and multifamily mortgage delinquencies rose in the first part of 2023”, in CNN
delinquency meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Pashto
delinquency in Tamil
- கடமை தவறுதல், குற்றம், தீச்செயல்
delinquency in Malayalam
- wrongdoing, crime, lawbreaking
- കുറ്റം, കുറ്റകൃത്യം, അപരാധം, ദോഷം, പാതകം, തെറ്റ്
- dereliction of duty, negligence, irresponsibility
- കൃത്യവിലോപം, ഉപേക്ഷ, ഉപേക്ഷവരുത്തുൽ, ലോപം, നിരുത്തരവാദം, അവക്രിയ
delinquency in Kannada
- ಕರ್ತವ್ಯ ಲೋಪ, ಕರ್ತವ್ಯ ಚ್ಯುತಿ, ಅಪರಾಧ ಪ್ರವೃತ್ತಿ, ಅಕಾರ್ಯ, ದುಷ್ಕೃತ್ಯ
delinquency in Pashto
- delinquency, sin, fault
- اوبال awbál
More languagesFewer languages
- delinquency in Tagalog
- kadalinsilan
Synonyms of delinquency
- misdemeanor
- transgression
- wrong
- crime
- criminal offence
- criminality
- malefaction
- perpetration
- unlawfulness
- delict
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Forms of delinquency
| plural | delinquencies |
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Origin of delinquency
Borrowed from Late Latin dēlinquentia, derived from Latin dēlinquēns, present participle of dēlinquō (“to transgress, err”). By surface analysis, delinquent + -cy
Words formed from delinquency
Questions about delinquency
- What does delinquency mean?
- Delinquency means misconduct.
- What is delinquency in Tamil?
- Delinquency in Tamil is கடமை தவறுதல், குற்றம், தீச்செயல். See Delinquency meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is delinquency?
- Delinquency is a noun.
- How do you pronounce delinquency?
- Delinquency is pronounced /dɪˈlɪŋkwənsi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of delinquency?
- The plural of delinquency is delinquencies.
Words near delinquency in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: delinquency (page history and authors); delinquency (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); delinquency (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); delinquency (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اوبال (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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