The Only Use
duplicity
in
The Scarlet Letter
(Edited)
- In order to free his mind from this indistinctness and duplicity of impression, which vexed it with a strange disquietude, he recalled and more thoroughly defined the plans which Hester and himself had sketched for their departure.
p. 200.6duplicity = deception -- such as lying
Definitions:
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(1)
(duplicity) deception (lying to or misleading others) -- usually over an extended period
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)