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complicity

noun

Etymology

From French complicité, from Middle French, from Old French complice (“accomplice”), from Late Latin complic-, stem of complex (“partner, confederate”), from Latin complicō (“fold together”).

  1. derived from complicō
  2. derived from complic-
  3. derived from complice
  4. borrowed from complicité

Definitions

  1. The state of being complicit

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

    • He drew up a placard, offering Twenty Pounds reward for the apprehension of Stephen Blackpool, suspected of complicity in the robbery of Coketown Bank.

  2. Complexity.

    • How easy is it, on the other hand, to an enlightened teacher, particularly in the beginning, to elucidate the various forms of rhythm by methodical arrangement in respect of simplicity and increasing complicity or mixture!

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Derived

complicitous, noncomplicity, uncomplicity

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA