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fraudulence collapse: the quality of being fraudulent; a fraudulent or duplicitous representation

fib collapse: a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"; tell a relatively insignificant lie; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying"

nonintervention collapse: a foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes

dishonesty collapse: lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing; the quality of being dishonest

defense mechanism collapse: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

prevention collapse: the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"

indirection collapse: deceitful action that is not straightforward; "he could see through the indirections of diplomats"; indirect procedure or action; "he tried to find out by indirection"

forbearance collapse: a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting; "his forbearance to reply was alarming"

trickery collapse: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them); verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way

equivocation collapse: falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language; intentionally vague or ambiguous

evasion collapse: the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver; nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"; the deliberate act of failing to pay money; "his evasion of all his creditors"; "he was indicted for nonpayment"; a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth

dishonor collapse: lacking honor or integrity; a state of shame or disgrace; "he was resigned to a life of dishonor"; refuse to accept; "dishonor checks and drafts"; bring shame or dishonor upon; "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime"

closeness collapse: characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes); a feeling of being intimate and belonging together; "their closeness grew as the night wore on"

discretion collapse: the trait of judging wisely and objectively; "a man of discernment"; knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; "the servants showed great tact and discretion"; freedom to act or judge on one's own

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