Associations to the word «Delinquency»

Wiktionary

DELINQUENCY, noun. Misconduct
DELINQUENCY, noun. A criminal offense
DELINQUENCY, noun. A debt that is overdue for payment

Dictionary definition

DELINQUENCY, noun. Nonpayment of a debt when due.
DELINQUENCY, noun. 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, noun. An antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope