duplicity
noun/djuːˈplɪsəti/
/duːˈplɪsəti/
[uncountable, countable] (plural duplicities)
(formal)- dishonest behaviour that is intended to make somebody believe something that is not true synonym deceitTopics Personal qualitiesc2Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French duplicite or late Latin duplicitas, from Latin duplic- ‘twofold’, from duo ‘two’ + plicare ‘to fold’.
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