complicity
The state of being complicitThe state of being complicit; involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing.
» A strong complicity had bound him to her.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The state of being complicit; involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing.
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guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense
(archaic, countable, uncountable)Complexity.
Examples
6 sentencesA strong complicity had bound him to her.
Silence in the face of evil is complicity.
It is but a short step from negligence to complicity.
Silence in the face of racism and dehumanization is complicity.
Silence is complicity.
Translations
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Origin
From French complicité, from Middle French, from Old French complice (“accomplice”), fromFrom French complicité, from Middle French, from Old French complice (“accomplice”), from Late Latin complic-, stem of complex (“partner, confederate”), from Latin complicō (“fold together”).
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Forms
plural: complicities| Singular | complicity |
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Synonyms
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4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable