duplicity : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: duplicity	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for duplicity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
duplicity n a fraudulent or duplicitous representation [syn: fraudulence, duplicity] acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another Synonym(s): duplicity, double-dealing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duplicity \Duplic"ity\, n.; pl. {Duplicities}. [F. duplicit[82], L. duplicitas, fr. duplex double. See {Duplex}.] 1. Doubleness; a twofold state. [Archaic] Do not affect duplicities nor triplicities, nor any certain number of parts in your division of things. --I. Watts. 2. Doubleness of heart or speech; insincerity; a sustained form of deception which consists in entertaining or pretending to entertain one of feelings, and acting as if influenced by another; bad faith. Far from the duplicity wickedly charged on him, he acted his part with alacrity and resolution. --Burke.