deception
/dɪˈsɛpʃən/ noun C1- An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy. · deliberate deception· pure deception
Plural deceptions
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Yet perchance tomorrow deception will so act on me, that I shall, on compulsion, consider such a contemptible possession as the utmost happiness.
The aperture was already sufficiently large for him to enter, but by waiting, he could still cling to hope, and retard the certainty of deception.
I might, it is true, have reversed my boots, as I have done on similar occasions, but the sight of three sets of tracks in one direction would certainly have suggested a deception.
But what is the object of this deep deception, Mr.
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