defalcation

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de·fal·ca·tion ˌdē-ˌfal-ˈkā-shən How to pronounce defalcation (audio)

ˌdē-ˌfȯl-,

di-;

ˌde-fəl-

archaic : deduction

: the act or an instance of embezzling

: a failure to meet a promise or an expectation

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"The tea table shall be set forth every morning with its customary bill of fare, and without any manner of defalcation." No reference to embezzlement there! This line, from a 1712 issue of Spectator magazine, is an example of the earliest, and now archaic, sense of defalcation, which is simply defined as "curtailment." Defalcation is ultimately from the Latin word falx, meaning "sickle," and it has been a part of English since the 1400s. It was used early on of monetary cutbacks (as in "a defalcation in their wages"), and by the 1600s it was used of most any sort of financial reversal (as in "a defalcation of public revenues"). Not till the mid-1800s, however, did defalcation refer to breaches of trust that cause a financial loss, or, specifically, to embezzlement.

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defalcation

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de·fal·ca·tion ˌdē-ˌfal-ˈkā-shən, -ˌfȯl-, di-; ˌde-fəl-ˈkā-shən How to pronounce defalcation (audio)

: failure to account for or pay over money that has been entrusted to one's care

also : an instance of such failure compare embezzle, misappropriate

Note: Defalcation does not necessarily involve culpability or misconduct.

: a failure to meet a promise or expectation

the school committee's defalcations did not end with its refusal to submit a desegregation plan

S. L. Lynch

单词	defalcations
释义	defalcation noun de·fal·ca·tion ˌdē-ˌfal-ˈkā-shən ˌdē-ˌfȯl-, di-; ˌde-fəl- 1 archaic : deduction 2 : the act or an instance of embezzling 3 : a failure to meet a promise or an expectation Did you know? "The tea table shall be set forth every morning with its customary bill of fare, and without any manner of defalcation." No reference to embezzlement there! This line, from a 1712 issue of Spectator magazine, is an example of the earliest, and now archaic, sense of defalcation, which is simply defined as "curtailment." Defalcation is ultimately from the Latin word falx, meaning "sickle," and it has been a part of English since the 1400s. It was used early on of monetary cutbacks (as in "a defalcation in their wages"), and by the 1600s it was used of most any sort of financial reversal (as in "a defalcation of public revenues"). Not till the mid-1800s, however, did defalcation refer to breaches of trust that cause a financial loss, or, specifically, to embezzlement. Word History First Known Use 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Legal Definition defalcation noun de·fal·ca·tion ˌdē-ˌfal-ˈkā-shən, -ˌfȯl-, di-; ˌde-fəl-ˈkā-shən 1 : failure to account for or pay over money that has been entrusted to one's care also : an instance of such failure compare embezzle, misappropriate Note: Defalcation does not necessarily involve culpability or misconduct. 2 : a failure to meet a promise or expectation the school committee's defalcations did not end with its refusal to submit a desegregation plan S. L. Lynch History and Etymology for defalcation earlier, deduction, lessening, shortcoming, from Medieval Latin defalcatio discounting of debt, from defalcare to cut down, deduct, from Latin de- away from + falc-, falx sickle defalcations noun plural of defalcation as in embezzlements Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance embezzlements peculations sequestrations misappropriations misapplications misuses confiscations thefts assumptions annexations piracies impoundments repossessions expropriations usurpations grabs takeovers preemptions encroachments appropriations attachments infringements invasions seizures arrogations occupancies detainers occupations despoilments ejections trespasses dispossessions preoccupancies deforcements disfurnishments
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defalcation

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