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Antonyms for deceit
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dih-seet |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsit |
Definition of deceit
Origin :- c.1300, from Old French deceite, fem. past participle of deceveir (see deceive).
- Deceit is a shorter and more energetic word for deceitfulness, indicating the quality; it is also, but more rarely, used to express the act or manner of deceiving. The reverse is true of deception, which is properly the act or course by which one deceives, and not properly the quality; it may express the state of being deceived. Fraud is an act or series of acts of deceit by which one attempts to benefit himself at the expense of others. It is generally a breaking of the law; the others are not. [entry for "deceit" in "The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia," 1902]
- noun practice of misleading
- noun particular type of trick, misleading
- There was nothing of the Warden's estimate in these eyes; nothing of cruelty nor deceit nor greed.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- It must be my duty to reprove, to show her her deceit in its full enormity.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- No, no—depend upon it there must have been some other reason for the deceit.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- His present deceit was the natural consequence of the system he had adopted.
- Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
- We suspected not that deceit, insidiousness, and slavery were to be found beneath the sun.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- So, though you possess no treasures, you possess plenty of deceit.
- Extract from : « Aino Folk-Tales » by Basil Hall Chamberlain
- It is to your own interest to be frank, for no marriage founded on deceit can be happy.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- But these precautions don't prevent fraud and deceit of various kinds.
- Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
- The sophistry of human nature is far more subtle than the deceit of any one man.
- Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato
- It split his heart to think that he must practise this deceit with her.
- Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
Synonyms for deceit
- ambidexterity
- ambidextrousness
- artifice
- blind
- cheat
- cheating
- chicane
- chicanery
- cozening
- craft
- craftiness
- crocodile tears
- cunning
- deceitfulness
- deception
- defrauding
- dirty dealing
- dirty pool
- dirty trick
- dirty work
- dishonesty
- dissemblance
- dissimulation
- double-dealing
- duplicity
- entrapping
- fake
- feint
- flimflam
- fraud
- fraudulence
- guile
- hoax
- humbug
- hypocrisy
- imposition
- imposture
- misrepresentation
- overreaching
- pretense
- ruse
- sell
- sellout
- sham
- shift
- slyness
- smoke and mirrors
- snow job
- soft soap
- spoof
- stratagem
- subterfuge
- sweet talk
- swindle
- trapping
- treachery
- trick
- trickery
- two-facedness
- two-timing
- underhandedness
- whitewash
- wile
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