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delinquency

noun

1 delinquency

Nonpayment of a debt when due.

2 delinquency

A tendency to be negligent and uncaring:
— He inherited his delinquency from his father.

synonyms: dereliction, willful neglect.

Roget 947: guilt, guiltiness; culpability; criminality, criminousness; deviation from rectitude etc. (improbity) 940; sinfulness etc. (vice) 945.    ... show more

3 delinquency

An antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor.

synonym: juvenile delinquency.


Moby thesaurus: aberrance, aberrancy, abnormality, amorality, arrear, arrearage, arrears, atrocity, backsliding, bad debt, breach, carnality, crime, crime against humanity, criminality, deadly sin, decline, defalcation, default, defection ... show more.

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