What is "lying" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does lying mean in English? Meaning of lying definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "lying" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "lying": the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

Noun

Meaning: the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

Synonyms: fabrication lying prevarication

Hyponyms: fibbing paltering

Hypernyms: falsification misrepresentation

Synonyms:

misleading, double-dealing, wrong, two-timing, deceitful, deceptive, delusive, mendacious, perfidious, shifty, treacherous, tricky, two-faced, unreliable, untruthful, delusory, guileful, dissembling, dissimulating, fibbing, misstating, equivocating, misrepresenting, inventing, falsifying, prevaricating, double-crossing, false, committing perjury,

Antonyms:

honest, frank, direct,

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