Definitions

defalcation

[dee-fal-key-shuhn, -fawl-] / ˌdi fælˈkeɪ ʃən, -fɔl- /

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bankruptcy n.
deficiency n.
deficit n.
embezzlement n.
inadequacy n.
scantiness n.
scantness n.
scarceness n.
shortage n.
underage n.

NOUN

bankruptcy

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default disaster failure insolvency liquidation loss

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destitution exhaustion indebtedness indigence lack nonpayment overdraft pauperism privation repudiation ruin ruination

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Chapter 11 destituteness

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accomplishment achievement success win

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richness solvency wealth

NOUN

deficiency

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dearth defect failing failure fault flaw frailty glitch insufficiency lack scarcity shortage shortcoming weakness

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absence bug default deficit demerit dereliction loss need neglect paucity privation scantiness sin want

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inability to hack it insufficience

Antonyms

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abundance advantage enough excess perfection plenty strength strong point success sufficiency surplus

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accomplishment achievement

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adequacy faultlessness satisfaction superfluity

NOUN

deficit

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loss shortfall

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arrears default deficiency dues inadequacy insufficiency lack paucity scantiness shortcoming

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dead horse due bill in hock in the hole in the red insufficience red ink underage

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abundance adequacy advantage enough perfection plenty satisfaction success sufficiency

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excess superfluousness

NOUN

embezzlement

Synonyms

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fraud larceny misappropriation misuse theft

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abstraction appropriation misapplication peculation pilferage skimming thieving

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filching pilfering purloining

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compensation pay reimbursement return

NOUN

inadequacy

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dearth deficiency failing flaw imperfection incapacity ineffectiveness inefficiency ineptitude insufficiency paucity shortcoming weakness

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blemish defectiveness deficit drawback faultiness inadequateness inaptness incompetence incompetency incompleteness ineffectualness inefficacy lack meagerness poverty scantiness unfitness unsuitableness

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skimpiness underage

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abundance advantage perfection plenty strength strong point sufficiency

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enough excess extra

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ability adequacy

NOUN

scantiness

Synonyms

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curtailment dearth defect deficiency deficit failure inadequacy insufficiency lack lapse leanness paucity pinch poverty scantness scarceness scarcity shortcoming shortfall tightness want weakness

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underage

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abundance achievement adequacy advantage affluence enough excess lot perfection plenty strength strong point success sufficiency surplus

NOUN

scantness

Synonyms

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curtailment dearth defect deficiency deficit failure inadequacy insufficiency lack lapse leanness paucity pinch poverty scantiness scarceness scarcity shortcoming shortfall tightness want weakness

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underage

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abundance achievement adequacy advantage affluence enough excess lot perfection plenty strength strong point success sufficiency surplus

NOUN

scarceness

Synonyms

STRONG

curtailment dearth defect deficiency deficit failure inadequacy insufficiency lack lapse leanness paucity pinch poverty scantiness scantness scarcity shortcoming shortfall tightness want weakness

WEAK

underage

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abundance achievement adequacy advantage affluence enough excess lot perfection plenty strength strong point success sufficiency surplus

NOUN

shortage

Synonyms

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dearth deficit failure lack poverty scarcity shortfall weakness

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curtailment inadequacy insufficiency lapse leanness paucity pinch scantiness tightness want

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underage

Antonyms

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abundance enough excess plenty surplus

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sufficiency

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ample

NOUN

underage

Synonyms

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curtailment dearth defect deficiency deficit failure inadequacy insufficiency lack lapse leanness paucity pinch poverty scantiness scantness scarceness scarcity shortcoming shortfall tightness want weakness

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defalcation

When the Attorney General had asked the chief of his criminal division to prosecute a Department of Justice employe for a $2,000 defalcation it was Mr. Malloy's turn to balk.

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Last month a jury pronounced Treasurer Baldwin guilty of perjury by falsifying bank statements to cover up the defalcation.

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With the Governor's errors the chief topic of conversation in the Green Mountain State, State's Attorney Bloomer dug deeper into the defalcation.

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They decided that they had to share a collective responsibility for not having discovered the defalcation earlier.

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Poor Aunt Betty too had been badly hit over his defalcation, losing not only her private fortune but the money she had made at sculpture in years of hard work.

From The Claw by Cynthia Stockley

defalcation

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