prevarication

1. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth (synset 106769542)
   is a type of: falsehood, falsity, untruth - a false statement
   subtypes:

   • fib, story, tale, taradiddle, tarradiddle - a trivial lie
   • jactitation - (law) a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law)
   • walloper, whopper - a gross untruth; a blatant lie
   • white lie - an unimportant lie (especially one told to be tactful or polite)
   same as: lie
2. Intentionally vague or ambiguous (synset 104832614)
   is a type of:

   • ambiguity, equivocalness - unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
   • untruthfulness - the quality of being untruthful
   same as: equivocation, evasiveness
3. The deliberate act of deviating from the truth (synset 100753287)
   is a type of: falsification, misrepresentation - a willful perversion of facts
   subtypes: fibbing, paltering - a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear
   same as: fabrication, lying

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