half-truth

[haf-trooth, hahf-]

noun

plural

half-truths 

1. a statement that is only partly true, especially one intended to deceive, evade blame, or the like.

2. a statement that fails to divulge the whole truth.

half-truth

noun

1. a partially true statement intended to mislead

Other Word Forms

• half-true adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of half-truth¹

First recorded in 1650–60

Related Words

• cover-up 
• deceit 
• deception 
• dishonesty 
• distortion 
• fabrication 
• fakery 
• fallacy 
• falsity 
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• perjury 
• prevarication 
• sham 
• tall tale 
• untruth