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de·cep·tion    Audio Help   [di-sep-shuhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the act of deceiving; the state of being deceived.
2.something that deceives or is intended to deceive; fraud; artifice.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME decepcioun < OF < LL déceptiōn- (s. of déceptiō), equiv. to L décept(us) (ptp. of décipere; see deceive) + -iōn- -ion]

2. trick, stratagem, ruse, wile, hoax, imposture.
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de·cep·tion    Audio Help   (dĭ-sěp'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The use of deceit.
  2. The fact or state of being deceived.
  3. A ruse; a trick.


[Middle English decepcioun, from Old French deception, from Late Latin dēceptiō, dēceptiōn-, from Latin dēceptus, past participle of dēcipere, to deceive; see deceive.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
deception 
c.1412, from pp. stem of L. decipere (see deceive).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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deception

noun
1. a misleading falsehood [syn: misrepresentation
2. the act of deceiving 
3. an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers [syn: magic trick

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
deception [diˈsepʃən] noun
(an act of) deceiving
Example: Deception is difficult in these circumstances.
Arabic: خِداع، غِش
Chinese (Simplified): 欺骗
Chinese (Traditional): 欺騙
Czech: podvod
Danish: bedrag; bedrageri
Dutch: misleiding
Estonian: pettus
Finnish: petos, vilppi
French: tromperie
German: die Täuschung
Greek: εξαπάτηση, παραπλάνηση
Hungarian: csalás
Icelandic: blekking
Indonesian: penipuan
Italian: inganno
Japanese: あざむくこと
Korean: 속임, 기만
Latvian: krāpšana; blēdība; maldināšana
Lithuanian: apgavystė, apgaulė
Norwegian: bedrag, narring
Polish: oszustwo
Portuguese (Brazil): engano
Portuguese (Portugal): dissimulação
Romanian: înşelăciune
Russian: обман
Slovak: podvod
Slovenian: prevara
Spanish: engaño, falsedad
Swedish: bedrägeri, villfarelse
Turkish: kandırma, hile
See also: deceptive, deceptively

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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: de·cep·tion
Pronunciation: di-'sep-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : an act of deceiving
2 : something that deceives : DECEIT

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Deception

De*ceit"\, n. [OF. deceit, des[,c]ait, decept (cf. deceite, de[,c]oite), 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) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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