Meaning of HALF-TRUTH
| Pronunciation: | | 'haf`trooth
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| | Definition: | | [n] a partially true statement intended to deceive or mislead |
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| | See Also: | | deceit, deception, misrepresentation | |
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| | Related Terms: | | blague, cock-and-bull story, exaggeration, fairy tale, falsehood, falsity, farfetched story, farrago, fib, fiction, fish story, flam, flimflam, ghost story, legal fiction, lie, little white lie, mendacity, pious fiction, prevarication, slight stretching, story, tale, tall story, tall tale, taradiddle, trumped-up story, untruth, white lie, yarn |
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