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Half-truth

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Noun
  1. 1
    A deceptive statement, especially one that is only partly true, is incomplete, misrepresents reality by telling part of the truth, or alters the time sequence of truths. countable, uncountable

    "The Minister no doubt would claim that the public has already expressed its opinion by deserting the trains. As we have said before, this is scarcely a half-truth. By and large, where there has been a decline the public has deserted the out-dated trains; [...]."

  2. 2
    a partially true statement intended to deceive or mislead wordnet

Etymology

From half- + truth.

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