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distortion(noun, cover, line, lie, dishonesty)
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lie(noun, literature, cover, line, deception)
15
untruth(noun, literature, line, deception, true)
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falsification(noun, trick, lie, sham, con)
13
exaggeration(noun, lie, bias, falsehood, untruth)
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deceit(noun, cover, line, deception, lie)
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falsehood(noun, literature, line, trick, deception)
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misstatement(noun, true, lie, bias, falsehood)
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deception(noun, cover, line, dishonesty, deceit)
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fib(noun, cover, line, true, lie)
9
fabrication(noun, lie, story, book, falsehood)
9
perversion(noun, lie, dishonesty, bias, corruption)
8
story(noun, informal, true, lie, bias)
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fiction(noun, line, true, lie, story)
7
prevarication(noun, literature, cover, line, deception)
6
dissimulation(noun, cover, line, trick, lie)
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falsity(noun, line, deception, true, lie)
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slander(noun, lie, falsehood, remark, disparagement)
6
tale(noun, true, lie, fantasy, story)
5
corruption(noun, dishonesty, immorality, inducement, crookedness)
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