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1. delinquency
noun. ['dɪˈlɪŋkwənsi'] an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- delinquentia (Latin)
- delinquens (Latin)
Rhymes with Delinquency
- absorbency
- accountancy
- agency
- ascendancy
- ascendency
- bouncy
- buoyancy
- chancey
- chancy
- chauncey
- chauncy
- clancey
- clancy
- clemency
- cogency
- competency
- complacency
- conservancy
- consistency
- constancy
Sentences with delinquency
1. Noun, singular or mass
The price of the debt is directly correlated to the stage of the delinquency.
Quotes about delinquency
1. Children deprived of words become school dropouts; dropouts deprived of hope behave delinquently. Amateur censors blame delinquency on reading immoral books and magazines, when in fact, the inability to read anything is the basic trouble.
- Peter S. Jennison
2. Stories have a way of changing faces. They are unruly things, undisciplined, given to delinquency and the throwing of erasers. This is why we must close them up into thick, solid books, so they cannot get out and cause trouble.
- Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
2. delinquency
noun. ['dɪˈlɪŋkwənsi'] nonpayment of a debt when due.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- delinquentia (Latin)
- delinquens (Latin)
