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com⋅pli⋅ca⋅cy

[kom-pli-kuh-see]
–noun, plural -cies for 2.
1. the state of being complicated; complicatedness.
2. a complication: the numerous complicacies of travel in such a remote country.

Origin:
1820–30; complic(ate) + -acy, modeled on such pairs as confederacy, confederate
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com·pli·ca·cy   (kəm-plĭk'ə-sē)   
n.   pl. com·pli·ca·cies
  1. The state of being complicated.

  2. A complication.

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