Associations to the word «Guile»

Wiktionary

GUILE, noun. (uncountable) Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.
GUILE, noun. Deceptiveness, deceit, fraud, duplicity, dishonesty.
GUILE, verb. To deceive, to beguile

Dictionary definition

GUILE, noun. Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception.
GUILE, noun. The quality of being crafty.
GUILE, noun. The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them).

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche