/dooh plis"i tee, dyooh-/ , n. , pl. duplicities for 1.
1. deceitfulness in speech or conduct; speaking or acting in two different ways concerning the same matter with intent to deceive; double-dealing.
2. a twofold or double state or quality.
[ 1400-50; late ME duplicite duplicitas, with -ite r. -itas; see DUPLEX, -ITY ]
Syn. 1. deception, dissimulation. See deceit .
Ant. 1. straightforwardness.