- lie, prevarication - a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
--1 is a kind of falsehood, falsity, untruth, false statement
--1 has particulars:fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle; jactitation; whopper, walloper; white lie Derived form: verb prevaricate1 - equivocation, prevarication, evasiveness - intentionally vague or ambiguous
--2 is a kind of untruthfulness; ambiguity, equivocalness
Derived form: verb prevaricate1 - lying, prevarication, fabrication - the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
--3 is a kind of falsification, misrepresentaation
--3 has particulars: fibbing, palteringDerived form: verb prevaricate1