Associations to the word «Pretence»
Noun
- Hypocrisy
- Falsehood
- Eating
- Concealment
- Rajah
- Gonzalo
- Wretch
- Scruple
- Insurrection
- Zeal
- Modesty
- Idleness
- Hastings
- Presumption
- Offence
- Pretension
- Mockery
- Pretext
- Piety
- Plunder
- Politeness
- Cheat
- Indifference
- Conceit
- Ignorance
- Camilla
- Innocence
- Vanity
- Oppression
- Lordship
- Endeavour
- Prudence
- Excuse
- Majesty
- Malice
- Fraud
- Lodging
- Forgery
- Grievance
- Tiberius
- Injustice
- Treachery
- Conspirator
- Seizing
- Negroes
- Repeal
- Tumult
- Pompey
Adjective
Verb
Adverb
Wiktionary
PRETENCE, noun. (British spelling) An act of pretending or pretension; a false claim or pretext.
PRETENCE, noun. (obsolete) Intention; design.
Dictionary definition
PRETENCE, noun. A false or unsupportable quality.
PRETENCE, noun. An artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them".
PRETENCE, noun. Pretending with intention to deceive.
PRETENCE, noun. Imaginative intellectual play.
PRETENCE, noun. The act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending".
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.