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delinquency has 3 distinct synonyms spread across 2 of its 3 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
a tendency to be negligent and uncaring
“he inherited his delinquency from his father”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for delinquency come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor