deceit

n. வஞ்சகம், ஏய்ப்பு, இரண்டகம், சூது, எத்துமானம், ஏன்ற்று, வேண்டுமென்றே தவறான வழி காட்டுதல், புரட்டு, புனைசுருட்டு, புரளி பொய்ம்மை, போலித் தோற்றம்.

Synonyms

cheat imposition trick fraud deception double_dealing delusion circumvention guile bewilderment treachery sham insidiousness indirection duplicity cunning artifice

Antonyms

enlightenment instruction guidance reality verily fair-dealing honesty openness

De*ceit", n. Etym: [OF. deceit, des, decept (cf. deceite, de), fr. L. deceptus deception, fr. decipere. See Deceive.] 1. An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe what is false; a contrivance to entrap; deception; a wily device; fraud. Making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit. Amos viii. 5. Friendly to man, far from deceit or guile. Milton. Yet still we hug the dear deceit. N. Cotton. 2. (Law) Defn: Any trick, collusion, contrivance, false representation, or underhand practice, used to defraud another. When injury is thereby effected, an action of deceit, as it called, lies for compensation. Syn. -- Deception; fraud; imposition; duplicity; trickery; guile; falsifying; double-dealing; stratagem. See Deception.

deceit - Similar Words

decrepit receit decent deceitful receipt descent demerit deficit decrete decreet