4
perjury(noun, deception, lie, sham, story)
4
perversion
4
quibble(noun, shift, escape, routine, cunning)
4
yarn(noun, literature, line, deception, lie)
3
chicane
3
craftiness(noun, dishonesty, fraud, deceit, lying)
3
cunning(noun, shift, escape, routine, dishonesty)
3
dodging(escape, excuse, dodge, avoidance, evasion)
3
duplicity(noun, cover, line, deception, dishonesty)
3
fish story(noun, informal, true)
3
fraud(noun, deception, lie, sham, dishonesty)
3
hypocrisy(noun, deception, dishonesty, fraud, deceit)
3
insincerity(noun, deception, dishonesty, fraud, deceit)
3
inveracity(noun, true, lie, dishonesty, deceit)
3
myth(lie, dishonesty, fantasy, story, deceit)
3
romance
3
song(noun, cover, line, escape, lie)
3
underhandedness(noun, dishonesty)
3
untruthfulness(noun, line, deception, lie, sham)
3
white lie(noun, expression, line, lie, story)
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