- (n.) Doubleness of heart or speech; insincerity; a sustained form of deception which consists in entertaining or pretending to entertain one of feelings, and acting as if influenced by another; bad faith.
- (n.) In indictments, the union of two incompatible offenses.
- (n.) The use of two or more distinct allegations or answers, where one is sufficient.
- (n.) Doubleness; a twofold state.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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