COMPLICITY

complicity

(noun) guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

complicity (countable and uncountable, plural complicities)

The state of being complicit; involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing.

(archaic) Complexity.

Synonyms

• (involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in wrongdoing): collusion, complicitousness, connivance

Anagrams

• polymictic

Source: Wiktionary


Com*plic"i*ty, n.; pl. Complicities. Etym: [F. complicité.]

Definition: The state of being an accomplice; participation in guilt.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ELOQUENCE

(noun) powerful and effective language; “his eloquence attracted a large congregation”; “fluency in spoken and written English is essential”; “his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police”


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