Antonyms for complicitcom·plic·it

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1. complicitadjective

   Synonyms:
   complicitous

2. complicitadjective

   Associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature.

   Synonyms:
   complicitous

How to use complicit in a sentence?

1. Roberto Mukaro Borrero:

   To remain silent is to be complicit in the face of the increasing injustice, racism, xenophobia, and intolerance we are currently witnessing today.

2. Sanam Maher:

   In a society that takes great pleasure in the punishment of women who break the rules, it should come as no surprise that each suspect in this case has been acquitted, after today's verdict, we may ask, who killed her ? Nobody, it seems. In accepting that answer, we are all complicit in the crime of failing to protect women.

3. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum:

   By taking in persecuted Christians, Jews, and moderate Muslims, we are complicit in helping ISIS accomplish their goal of establishing an Islamic caliphate, without Christians, Jews, or moderate Muslims in the region, radical Islam will be allowed to run rampant.

4. Taylor Esche:

   I felt like my silence was almost being complicit, and if more women had spoken up sooner, maybe we wouldn't be in this position... maybe I wouldn't have felt so alone, and I don't want anybody to feel the way that I felt during that time.

5. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley:

   After full consideration of this weekend's attacks of terror on innocent citizens in Paris, I will oppose any attempt to relocate Syrian refugees to Alabama through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, as Nathan Deal, I will not stand complicit to a policy that places the citizens of Alabama in harm's way.

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