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fallency

/ˈfælənsi/

fallency noun: an exception (to a rule).

Noun

fallency (plural fallencies)

  1. (obsolete, rare) An exception (to a rule).
    • Maranta enumerates forty cases, in which a negative ought to be proved: and Socinus sets down eight hundred and two fallencies (that is the word of the law), concerning the contestation of suits and actions at law1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures; […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] James Flesher, for Richard Royston […], →OCLC

Forms of fallency

pluralfallencies

Origin of fallency

From Latin fallentia, fallens, present participle of fallere. Doublet of failance.

Questions about fallency

What does fallency mean?
Fallency means an exception (to a rule).
What part of speech is fallency?
Fallency is a noun.
How do you pronounce fallency?
Fallency is pronounced /ˈfælənsi/.
What is the plural of fallency?
The plural of fallency is fallencies.

Words near fallency in the dictionary

  1. fallen under
  2. fallen up
  3. fallen upon
  4. fallen victim
  5. fallencies
  6. fallency
  7. fallenest
  8. fallenness
  9. faller
  10. fallers
  11. Fallert

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