prevarication
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(noun) the deliberate act of deviating from the truth |
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Synonyms: fabrication, lying |
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Related Words: falsehood, falsification, fibbing, misrepresentation, paltering |
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(noun) intentionally vague or ambiguous |
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Synonyms: equivocation, evasiveness |
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Related Words: untruthfulness |
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(noun) a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth |
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Synonyms: lie |
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Related Words: false statement, falsehood, falsity, fib, jactitation, story, tale, taradiddle, tarradiddle, untruth, whopper |
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