Noun: deceit di'seet
- The act of hiding one's true feelings or intentions
"Her cheerful demeanour was mere deceit to hide her disappointment";
- deception, dissembling, dissimulation
- The quality of being fraudulent
"Her deceit in the relationship eroded all trust";
- fraudulence
- A misleading falsehood
"The advertisement was found to contain several deceits about the product";
- misrepresentation, deception
Derived forms: deceits
Type of: dishonesty, falsehood, falsification, falsity, misrepresentation, untruth
Encyclopedia: Deceit