单词 | delinquency |
释义 | delinquencyn. 1. a. Immoral or criminal behaviour; sin; crime. Now chiefly spec.: minor crime or antisocial behaviour, esp. as committed by young people. Also: the state or condition of being delinquent in this way.See also juvenile delinquency n. at juvenile adj. and n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > misbehaviour > [noun] misgovernancec1375 misleadinga1387 misusing1395 misbearinga1400 misordinancea1400 misdraughtc1450 misgovernmentc1450 misbehaving1451 misguiding1480 misbehaviour1486 misdemeaning1487 misgoverning1487 miscraft1496 demerit1509 misuse1509 misdemeanoura1513 misordera1513 misordering1526 misusage1532 misdemean1579 miscarriage1594 misguide1596 delinquency1603 demeanour1681 misconduct1717 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] sinc825 naughteOE unnuteOE sinningc1000 unrightOE un-i-selthlOE wonder1154 misguiltc1200 misdoinga1225 teeninga1225 miss?c1225 crimec1250 misdeed?c1250 wickednessa1300 mischiefa1387 evil-doing1398 mistakinga1400 perpetrationc1429 wrongingc1449 maledictionc1475 maleficence1533 wicked-doing1535 foul play1546 misdealing1571 flagition1598 delinquency1603 malefaction1604 meschancy1609 malefacture1635 misacting1651 guilt1726 flagitiosity1727 malpractice1739 malfeasance1856 peccation1861 miscreance1972 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals vii. v. 751 All their delinquencie is to be ascribed unto ignorance, for that such leaud acts, they both approve and perpetrate, because they wist not what hurt would follow. 1761 J. Stonhouse Universal Restitution 167 The pre-incarnate delinquency of man seems to be no less clearly implied in the contract and covenant between the father and the Logos touching our redemption. 1801 J. Corry Satirical View London 60 This species of delinquency may be denominated femicide. 1892 Law Times Rep. 67 142/1 There must be moral delinquency on the part of the person proceeded against. 1960 P. Goodman Growing up Absurd iii. 58 Such a condition would at once diminish certain kinds of underprivileged delinquency, e.g., thefts, malicious mischief, certain spiteful assaults, and maybe truancy. 2017 A. Reed Nowhere Girls 392 It says here theft, theft of proprietary information, cybertheft, hacking, harassment, conspiracy, contributing to the delinquency of a minor—golly, this is quite a list. b. An immoral or criminal act; an offence; a crime. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > misbehaviour > [noun] > instance of unthrift1303 misbreydec1380 misdemeanoura1513 misordera1538 miscarriage1579 delinquishment1593 delinquency1603 misconducts1697 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > an evil deed > an evil deed, fault, or offence sinc825 guilt971 man deedOE evilOE misbodea1200 follya1275 unthrift1303 misbreydec1380 offencec1384 crimec1390 forfeit1393 felonya1400 faultc1400 misfeatc1400 feat1481 demerit1485 misdemeanoura1513 facta1533 piaculum1575 miscarriage1579 delinquishment1593 delinquency1603 piacle1644 amissness1648 peccancy1648 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 297 Great men and noble personages are exposed to calumniations and reproches for the least delinquencie and fault [Fr. aux moindres fautes] that they commit. 1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. iv. i. 209 From these Delinquencies proceed greater crimes. 1759 A. Smith Let. 3 Dec. in Corr. (1977) xliii. 61 We have a meeting of the whole University every Saturday morning for discipline; the whole business of this meeting is to enquire into the delinquencies of the former week and to punish them with some small fine. 1816 2nd Rep. Select Comm. Illicit Distillation Ireland 67 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 490) IX I have seen the substance of an entire family sold for a fine for a delinquency, in which, I believe, they had as little part as I had myself. 1927 F. M. Thrasher Gang i. 3 Delinquencies among its members all the way from truancy to serious crimes, disturbances of the peace [etc.]. 2010 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 92/1 Some transgressors..will not be punished at all, whether because their delinquencies go undetected or because judges, police, and parole officers decline to pursue the severe penalties that could apply. 2. a. (a) Failure in or neglect of one's duty or obligations; violation of a rule or code of conduct; spec. failure to pay a debt or tax. Also: the state or condition of being delinquent in this way. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > undutifulness > dereliction of duty > [noun] defaulta1250 fail1297 declining1526 defection1532 declination1533 defect1540 delinquishment1593 declension1597 secession1601 delinquency1606 delinquence1613 deliquity1682 dereliction1778 derelictness1888 society > morality > moral evil > guilt > [noun] > culpable failure in duty delinquishment1593 delinquency1606 delinquence1613 deliquity1682 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > [noun] > failure in duty fail1297 defaultc1330 defaultinga1475 delinquishment1593 delinquency1606 delinquence1613 deliquity1682 dereliction1778 derelictness1888 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 47 Those centurions who forsooke their Stations, he punished with death,..and for other kinds of Delinquencie he put them to shame sundry waies. 1759 Let. Late Noble Commander Brit. Forces (rev. ed.) 32 In the Opinion of your Superior, you are culpable of a Failure in Duty: The Aggravation or Extenuation of your Delinquency, will depend on the Merits of your Defence. 1822 T. C. Morgan Sketches Philos. Morals 335 Ministerial delinquency..seldom consists of tangible overt acts, but of numberless unqualifiable offences. 1876 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Sentinel 25 Apr. 2/4 Mr. Hooley sent up a resolution to indemnify the sheriff against loss on account of procedure in cases of levy on property for delinquency in payment of personal taxes. 1996 M. Cannon in H. Ritchie New Sc. Writing 15 The point was, I could probably have had his arse kicked on the grounds of professional delinquency, or whatever it's called. 2019 Financial Express (India) (Nexis) 4 Dec. Delinquency is graded in levels, indicating how many payments the cardholder has missed. (b) A failure or neglect of duty; a violation of a rule or code of conduct; spec. a failure to pay a debt or tax. More generally: a failing, a shortcoming. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > failure or shortcoming delinquency1606 shortcominga1687 limitation1732 dereliction1801 undershoot1934 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > state of having moral defects > moral defect lackc1200 vice1338 default1340 fault1377 infirmity1382 wallet1528 flaw1586 failing1590 leak1597 delinquency1606 tare?1608 shortcominga1687 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 26 As touching his soldiers trespasses and delinquencies [L. delicta], he neither..tooke knowledge of them all, nor yet punished them fully. 1684 G. Mackenzie Inst. Law Scotl. iii. iii. 249 They cannot be lyable untill the Principals first be cited to compt in the one Case; or to answer for their delinquencies in the other. 1817 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 35 1362/2 If the principles maintained were pushed to their full extent, there would be no difficulty in getting money by way of estimates, which might be applied to any other purpose. He thought this a delinquency, but not a corrupt one. 1921 Philos. Rev. 30 30 Of all the tools which may be used to open a man's eyes to his delinquencies,..on the whole perhaps the safest in its exercise, is the weapon of humor. 2008 Orange County (Calif.) Register (Nexis) 10 Oct. The housing slump has resulted in high numbers of foreclosures and rising delinquencies in payment of monthly dues. b. A debt or tax that has not been paid but has not yet been deemed unrecoverable. ΚΠ 1757 in Acts Gen. Assembly Province New Jersey (1761) II. cxxvii. 110 Such Arrearages shall be paid to the Deceased's Executors or Administrators, deducting thence all his Delinquencies. 1933 Refinancing Past Due Obligations Farms & Homes: Hearings before Subcomm. Comm. Banking & Currency 72nd Congr., 2nd Sess.: Senate 180 It is doubtful whether farmers could repay delinquencies within five years. 2015 Thai News Service (Nexis) 16 Jan. Taxpayers..are relieved from their obligation to pay delinquencies incurred prior to 2010. 3. The provision of financial or military aid, or other service, to the Royalist cause during the English Civil War. Cf. delinquent n. 3. historical after 17th cent. ΚΠ 1642 Dial. betwixt Courtier & Scholler 2 They having lately seene our stately Cedar invironed with the fluttering Ivie of Prelacie, Popery, and Delinquencie, it makes them jealous. 1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting II. iii. 154 In 1646 he paid 545l. for his delinquency and sequestration. 1907 R. Stewart-Brown Wapentake of Wirral 72 Sir William Massy..assisted to hold Chester against the Parliament. Upon the reduction of Chester he compounded for his delinquency with a fine of £1414. 2000 Hist. Jrnl. 43 1102 Sequestered royalists often attempted to dodge the consequences of their delinquency by transferring the titles to their lands. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1603 |
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