defalcation
[noun]
Synonyms: failure, deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, insufficience, insufficiency, lack, scantiness, shortage, underage

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Contrasted words: discharge, effectuation, execution, fulfillment, completion, conclusion
Related Words: laxness, negligence, remissness, slackness, failing, fault

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

defalcation noun. [di:fal'keɪʃ(ǝ)n] LME.
[medieval Latin defalcatio(n-), formed as DEFALCATE: see -ATION.]
1. The action of cutting off or subtracting; a deduction. LME-M19.

2. Reduction of a whole by taking away a part, spec. of an account etc. by an amount set against it. L15-M19.

3. Diminution suffered or sustained. arch. M17.

4. Falling away, defection; shortcoming, failure. M18.

5. (An act of) misappropriation of money or other property by a person to whom it is entrusted; sing. & (usu.) in pl., an amount misappropriated. M19.

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