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complicity|kəmˈplɪsɪtɪ|
[f. L. type *complicitās, -ātem, n. of state f. complex, -plicem: cf. simplicitās, duplicitās; in mod.F. complicité.]
1. The being an accomplice; partnership in an evil action.
1656Blount Glossogr., Complicity, a consenting or partnership in evil. [Not in Johnson.]1818Hallam Mid. Ages viii. (L.), The charge..of complicity in the designs of his patron, was never openly repelled. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. vi. 73 The eagerness of the political reformers to clear themselves from complicity with heterodoxy. 1878Black Green Past. xxiii. 187 If you can clear yourself of all complicity in the matter.
2. State of being complex or involved; = complexity.
1847Craig, Complicity, complexity; state of being involved. 1856Emerson Eng. Traits, Ability Wks. (Bohn) II. 36 In all the complicity and delay incident to the several series of means they employ. 1888Jrnl. Education Jan. 31 Carrying it on..with increasing complicity and energy according to the increasing age of his pupils. |