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Half truth

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half-truth

[haf-trooth, hahf-]
–noun, plural -truths [-troothz] .
1. a statement that is only partly true, esp. one intended to deceive, evade blame, or the like.
2. a statement that fails to divulge the whole truth.

Origin:
1650–60
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