Definition of deception

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Deception (n.) The act of deceiving or misleading.

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Imposture :: Imposture (n.) The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.
Humbug :: Humbug (n.) A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness.
Flam :: Flam (n.) A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion..
Face :: Face (v. t.) To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc..
Deceptivity :: Deceptivity (n.) Deceptiveness; a deception; a sham.
Crossbite :: Crossbite (n.) A deception; a cheat.
Trickish :: Trickish (a.) Given to tricks; artful in making bargains; given to deception and cheating; knavish.
Disabuse :: Disabuse (v. t.) To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right.
Wary :: Wary (a.) Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful..
Deception :: Deception (n.) The state of being deceived or misled.
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture..
Mendacious :: Mendacious (a.) Given to deception or falsehood; lying; as, a mendacious person..
Self-abuse :: Self-abuse (n.) Self-deception; delusion.
Fallacy :: Fallacy (n.) Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception.
Cog :: Cog (v. t.) To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; as, to cog in a word; to palm off..
Delusion :: Delusion (n.) The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind.
Cog :: Cog (n.) A trick or deception; a falsehood.
Juggle :: Juggle (n.) An imposture; a deception.
Circumvention :: Circumvention (n.) The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion..
Jilt :: Jilt (v. i.) To play the jilt; to practice deception in love; to discard lovers capriciously.
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