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
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.