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HALF-TRUTH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A partially true statement intended to deceive or mislead
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("half-truth" is a kind of...):
deceit; deception; misrepresentation (a misleading falsehood)