"defalcation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: [ˌdɛfəɫˈkeɪʃən] [UK] Forms: defalcations [plural]
Etymology: Late 15th century, from Medieval Latin dēfalcātiōnem, accusative singular of dēfalcātiō (literally “cutting off, lopping off with a sickle”), nominalization of dēfalcō, from Latin dē (“off”) + falx (“sickle, scythe, pruning hook”), from which also English falcate (“sickle-shaped”). By surface analysis, defalcate + -ion (“the act of”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ML.|dēfalcātiōnem}} Medieval Latin dēfalcātiōnem, {{m|la|dēfalcātiō|lit=cutting off, lopping off with a sickle}} dēfalcātiō (literally “cutting off, lopping off with a sickle”), {{m|la|dēfalcō}} dēfalcō, {{der|en|la|dē||off}} Latin dē (“off”), {{m|la|falx||sickle, scythe, pruning hook}} falx (“sickle, scythe, pruning hook”), {{m|en|falcate||sickle-shaped}} falcate (“sickle-shaped”), {{surf|en|defalcate|-ion|t2=the act of}} By surface analysis, defalcate + -ion (“the act of”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} defalcation (countable and uncountable, plural defalcations)
  1. (law) The act of cancelling part of a claim by deducting a smaller claim which the claimant owes to the defendant. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Translations (act of cancelling part of a claim): злоупотреба (zloupotreba) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-defalcation-en-noun-u2HrFfEV Topics: law Disambiguation of 'act of cancelling part of a claim': 89 11
  2. Embezzlement. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Corruption, Crime Translations (embezzlement): Veruntreuung [feminine] (German), Unterschlagung [feminine] (German), desfalco [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-defalcation-en-noun-JFEiiOjq Disambiguation of Corruption: 9 91 Disambiguation of Crime: 16 84 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ion Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 88 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 19 81 Disambiguation of 'embezzlement': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: defalcate, falcate

Inflected forms

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