Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for defalcation. Search instead for defalcatio.
Definitions

defalcation

[dee-fal-key-shuhn, -fawl-] / ˌdi fælˈkeɪ ʃən, -fɔl- /
NOUN
bankruptcy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
default disaster failure insolvency liquidation loss
STRONG
destitution exhaustion indebtedness indigence lack nonpayment overdraft pauperism privation repudiation ruin ruination
WEAK
Chapter 11 destituteness
Antonyms
STRONGEST
accomplishment achievement success win
WEAK
richness solvency wealth
NOUN
deficiency
Synonyms
STRONGEST
dearth defect failing failure fault flaw frailty glitch insufficiency lack scarcity shortage shortcoming weakness
STRONG
absence bug default deficit demerit dereliction loss need neglect paucity privation scantiness sin want
WEAK
inability to hack it insufficience
Antonyms
STRONGEST
abundance advantage enough excess perfection plenty strength strong point success sufficiency surplus
STRONG
accomplishment achievement
WEAK
adequacy faultlessness satisfaction superfluity
NOUN
deficit
Synonyms
STRONGEST
loss shortfall
STRONG
arrears default deficiency dues inadequacy insufficiency lack paucity scantiness shortcoming
WEAK
dead horse due bill in hock in the hole in the red insufficience red ink underage
Antonyms
STRONG
abundance adequacy advantage enough perfection plenty satisfaction success sufficiency
WEAK
excess superfluousness
NOUN
embezzlement
Synonyms
STRONGEST
fraud larceny misappropriation misuse theft
STRONG
abstraction appropriation misapplication peculation pilferage skimming thieving
WEAK
filching pilfering purloining
Antonyms
WEAK
compensation pay reimbursement return
NOUN
inadequacy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
dearth deficiency failing flaw imperfection incapacity ineffectiveness inefficiency ineptitude insufficiency paucity shortcoming weakness
STRONG
blemish defectiveness deficit drawback faultiness inadequateness inaptness incompetence incompetency incompleteness ineffectualness inefficacy lack meagerness poverty scantiness unfitness unsuitableness
WEAK
skimpiness underage
Antonyms
STRONGEST
abundance advantage perfection plenty strength strong point sufficiency
STRONG
enough excess extra
WEAK
ability adequacy
NOUN
scantiness
Synonyms
STRONG
curtailment dearth defect deficiency deficit failure inadequacy insufficiency lack lapse leanness paucity pinch poverty scantness scarceness scarcity shortcoming shortfall tightness want weakness
WEAK
underage
Antonyms
STRONG
abundance achievement adequacy advantage affluence enough excess lot perfection plenty strength strong point success sufficiency surplus
NOUN
scantness
Synonyms
STRONG
curtailment dearth defect deficiency deficit failure inadequacy insufficiency lack lapse leanness paucity pinch poverty scantiness scarceness scarcity shortcoming shortfall tightness want weakness
WEAK
underage
Antonyms
STRONG
abundance achievement adequacy advantage affluence enough excess lot perfection plenty strength strong point success sufficiency surplus
NOUN
scarceness
Synonyms
STRONG
curtailment dearth defect deficiency deficit failure inadequacy insufficiency lack lapse leanness paucity pinch poverty scantiness scantness scarcity shortcoming shortfall tightness want weakness
WEAK
underage
Antonyms
STRONG
abundance achievement adequacy advantage affluence enough excess lot perfection plenty strength strong point success sufficiency surplus
NOUN
shortage
Synonyms
STRONGEST
dearth deficit failure lack poverty scarcity shortfall weakness
STRONG
curtailment inadequacy insufficiency lapse leanness paucity pinch scantiness tightness want
WEAK
underage
Antonyms
STRONGEST
abundance enough excess plenty surplus
STRONG
sufficiency
WEAK
ample
NOUN
underage
Synonyms
WEAK
curtailment dearth defect deficiency deficit failure inadequacy insufficiency lack lapse leanness paucity pinch poverty scantiness scantness scarceness scarcity shortcoming shortfall tightness want weakness

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

They decided that they had to share a collective responsibility for not having discovered the defalcation earlier.

From Time Magazine Archive

With the Governor's errors the chief topic of conversation in the Green Mountain State, State's Attorney Bloomer dug deeper into the defalcation.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the Attorney General had asked the chief of his criminal division to prosecute a Department of Justice employe for a $2,000 defalcation it was Mr. Malloy's turn to balk.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last month a jury pronounced Treasurer Baldwin guilty of perjury by falsifying bank statements to cover up the defalcation.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was so far from conceiving that his account of the defalcation in the Events could have been displeasing to them, that he bore them none of an offender's malice.

From The Quality of Mercy by Howells, William Dean