deceit

Noun

Meaning

An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe what is false; a contrivance to entrap; deception; a wily device; fraud.

Any trick, collusion, contrivance, false representation, or underhand practice, used to defraud another. When injury is thereby effected, an action of deceit, as it called, lies for compensation.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

deception fraud trickery dissimulation fraudulence trick misrepresentation stratagem duplicity guile dissembling deceitfulness underhandedness dodge fib
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Antonyms

bible eros fidelity hellenism character effect
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Hypernyms

falsehood falsity misrepresentation falsification dishonesty untruth

Hyponyms

wile bluff hocus-pocus chicane humbug blind

Phrases with the word

self- deceit deceit perpetrated through mail deceit detection instrument

Examples

Never lie, but always tell the truth. For falsehood and deceit is the most harmful of all vices, and the customary work of the devil. Theophan the Recluse

For the Lord touched all parts of creation, and freed and undeceived them all from every deceit. Athanasius of Alexandria

It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. Noël Coward

Deceit sleeps with greed. Norse Proverb

Too much politeness conceals deceit. Chinese Proverb

Deceit is in haste, but honesty can wait a fair leisure. Danish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

deceiptful deceiptfull deceiptfully deceit detection instrument deceit perpetrated through mail deceiteous