deceit
[ dih-seet ]
/ dɪˈsit /
noun
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating: Once she exposed their deceit, no one ever trusted them again.
an act or device intended to deceive; trick; stratagem.
the quality of being deceitful; duplicity; falseness: a man full of deceit.
Origin of deceit
1225–75; Middle English
deceite < Anglo-French, Old French, noun use of feminine of
deceit, past participle of
deceivre to
deceive
synonym study for deceit
1, 3. See
duplicity
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British Dictionary definitions for deceit
deceit
/ (dɪˈsiːt) /
noun
the act or practice of deceiving
a statement, act, or device intended to mislead; fraud; trick
a tendency to deceive
Word Origin for deceit
C13: from Old French
deceite, from
deceivre to
deceive