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deception

Divide deception into syllables:

de · cep · tion

How to pronounce deception:

Synonyms for deception:

card trick
cheating
conjuration
conjuring trick
cozenage
craftiness
crookedness
crookery
cunning
cunningness
deceit
deceitfulness
deceptiveness
dishonesty
dissembling
dissimulation
double-dealing
dupery
duplicity
fakery
fraud
fraudulence
guile
hypocrisy
illusion
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Antonyms for deception:

accuracy
actuality
advantage
aid
allegiance
artlessness
assiduousness
attentiveness
authenticity
avocation
awareness
back
benefit
benevolence
blessing
bluntness
candidness
candor
candour
care
carefulness
certainty
certitude
character
clarity
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