duplicity \du*plic"i*ty\, n.; pl. duplicities. [F.
   duplicit['e], L. duplicitas, fr. duplex double. See
   Duplex.]
   1. Doubleness; a twofold state. [Archaic]
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            Do not affect duplicities nor triplicities, nor any
            certain number of parts in your division of things.
                                                  --I. Watts.
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   2. Doubleness of heart or speech; insincerity; a sustained
      form of deception which consists in entertaining or
      pretending to entertain one set of feelings, and acting as
      if influenced by another; bad faith.
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            Far from the duplicity wickedly charged on him, he
            acted his part with alacrity and resolution.
                                                  --Burke.
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   3. (Law)
      (a) The use of two or more distinct allegations or
          answers, where one is sufficient. --Blackstone.
      (b) In indictments, the union of two incompatible
          offenses. --Wharton.

   Syn: Double dealing; dissimulation; deceit; guile; deception;
        falsehood.
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