| equivocation(noun, cover, deception, shift, escape) |
| chicanery(noun, trick, deception, reasoning, justification) |
| fallacy(noun, correct, deception, true, illusion) |
| casuistry(noun, cover, correct, line, deception) |
| deception(noun, cover, line, trick, talk) |
| sophism(noun, correct, deception, shift, escape) |
| delusion(noun, cover, line, trick, deception) |
| evasion(noun, cover, trick, deception, escape) |
| misconception(noun, deception, mistake, error, falsehood) |
| sophistication |
| perversion(noun, deception, mistake, error, reasoning) |
| speciousness(noun, cover, correct, line, deception) |
| artifice(noun, trick, deception, talk, shift) |
| cunning(noun, shift, escape, routine, excuse) |
| quibble(noun, shift, escape, routine, cunning) |
| shrewdness(noun, wit, intuition) |
| trickery(noun, deception, talk, shift, escape) |
| ambiguity(noun, cover, line, deception, lie) |
| artfulness(noun, wit, intuition) |
| astuteness(noun, wit, intuition) |