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delinquency   (TTS Sound)

The noun delinquency has 3 senses

• delinquency -- (nonpayment of a debt when due)


• delinquency, dereliction, willful neglect -- (a tendency to be negligent and uncaring; "he inherited his delinquency from his father"; "his derelictions were not really intended as crimes"; "his adolescent protest consisted of willful neglect of all his responsibilities")


• delinquency, juvenile delinquency -- (an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor)