114 words ending in -acy

Sep 20, 2026

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A compact English vocabulary list focused on words that end with “-acy”. It presents brief dictionary-style definitions spanning domains such as religion (abbacy), accuracy and correctness, color-related terms, political systems (autocracy, democracy, aristocracy, bureaucracy), and social practices (celibacy, concubinacy). The collection also includes abstract nouns describing states and qualities, along with a few related terms and etymological variants, serving as targeted language enrichment for reading and study.

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Definitions ending in -acy

114 words ending in ~ acy Abbacy (n.) The dignity, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot. Accuracy (n.) The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; precision; exactness; nicety; correctness; as, the value of testimony depends on its accuracy. Acritochromacy (n.) Color blindness; achromatopsy. Adequacy (n.) The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expenditure. Advocacy (n.) The act of pleading for or supporting; work of advocating; intercession. Alternacy (n.) Alternateness; alternation. Archiepiscopacy (n.) That form of episcopacy in which the chief power is in the hands of archbishops. Archiepiscopacy (n.) The state or dignity of an archbishop. Aristocracy (n.) A form a government, in which the supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order; an oligarchy. Aristocracy (n.) A ruling body composed of the best citizens. Aristocracy (n.) Government by the best citizens. Aristocracy (n.) The nobles or chief persons in a state; a privileged class or patrician order; (in a popular use) those who are regarded as superior to the rest of the community, as in rank, fortune, or intellect. Autocracy (n.) Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy. Autocracy (n.) Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy. Autocracy (n.) Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat. Autocracy (n.) The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle. Bureaucracy (n.) A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the officers of government have an associated authority and responsibility; also, government conducted on this system. Bureaucracy (n.) Government officials, collectively. Candidacy (n.) The position of a candidate; state of being a candidate; candidateship. Celibacy (n.) The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry. Coefficacy (n.) Joint efficacy. Complicacy (n.) A state of being complicate or intricate. Concubinacy (n.) The practice of concubinage. Confederacy (n.) A combination of two or more persons to commit an unlawful act, or to do alawful act by unlawful means. See Conspiracy. Confederacy (n.) A league or compact between two or more persons, bodies of men, or states, for mutual support or common action; alliance. Confederacy (n.) The persons, bodies, states, or nations united by a league; a confederation. Congeneracy (n.) Similarity of origin; affinity. Conspiracy (n.) A combination of men for an evil purpose; an agreement, between two or more persons, to commit a crime in concert, as treason; a plot. Conspiracy (n.) A concurence or general tendency, as of circumstances, to one event, as if by agreement. Conspiracy (n.) An agreement, manifesting itself in words or deeds, by which two or more persons confederate to do an unlawful act, or to use unlawful to do an act which is lawful; confederacy. Contumacy (n.) A willful contempt of, and disobedience to, any lawful summons, or to the rules and orders of court, as a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned. Contumacy (n.) Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority. Curacy (n.) The office or employment of a curate. Degeneracy (a.) The act of becoming degenerate; a growing worse. Degeneracy (a.) The state of having become degenerate; dec Delegacy (a.) A body of delegates or commissioners; a delegation. Delegacy (a.) The act of delegating, or state of being delegated; deputed power. Delicacy (a.)

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What kind of document is this vocabulary list?

It is a dictionary-style list of English words whose endings match “-acy”, each followed by a definition.

What themes do the included words cover?

The definitions span abstract qualities (e.g., accuracy, adequacy), political systems (e.g., autocracy, democracy), and social or institutional concepts (e.g., abbacy, celibacy).

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Use it to learn and review word meanings by focusing on a specific suffix pattern, then apply the terms in reading or writing.

Sep 20, 2026

Uploaded by Jiven