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Misrepresentation definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MISREPRESENTA'TION, n. The act of giving a false or erroneous representation.
1. A false or incorrect account given, either from mistake, carelessness or malice.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a misleading falsehood [syn: misrepresentation, deceit, deception]
2: a willful perversion of facts [syn: falsification, misrepresentation]

Merriam Webster's

noun see misrepresent

Britannica Concise

In law, any false or misleading expression of fact, usually with the intent to deceive or defraud. It most commonly occurs in insurance and real-estate contracts. False advertising may also constitute misrepresentation. Any contract that contains or constitutes a misrepresentation is usually rendered void, and the injured party may insist that the misrepresentation be made good.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Misrepresentation Mis*rep`re*sen*ta"tion, n. Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person's motives. --Sydney Smith. Note: In popular use, this word often conveys the idea of intentional untruth.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see misrepresent

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Misstatement, falsification.

Moby Thesaurus

canard, coloring, confabulation, corruption, distortion, equivocation, exaggeration, false coloring, false swearing, falsehood, falsification, falsifying, falsity, fib, lie, miscoloring, misconstruction, misdirection, misinterpretation, misstatement, misuse, perjury, perversion, prevarication, slanting, story, straining, tale, torturing, untruth