fallency

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/ˈfælənsi/

noun

An exception (to a rule).

OriginLatin fallentia →
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Meanings

nounfallency (plural fallencies)

plural fallencies

  1. obsoleterareAn exception (to a rule).

    Maranta enumerates forty cases, in which a negative ought to be proved: and Socinus sets down eight hundred and two fallencies (that is the word of the law), concerning the contestation of suits and actions at law

    1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures; […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] James Flesher, for Richard Royston […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinfallentia
  2. Englishfallency

From Latin fallentia, fallens, present participle of fallere. Doublet of failance.

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APA

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MLA

“fallency.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fallency. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fallency,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fallency.

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