Synonym of departure from the truth

cock and bull story fairy story fairy tale concoction fabrication fake news falsification falsity fiction lie made-up story piece of fiction trumped-up story barefaced lie deception exaggeration falsehood fib half-truth little white lie prevarication untruth white lie alternative fact flight of fancy myth pretence pretense red herring rumor rumour story yarn figment of the imagination porky pretext ruse sham stratagem tall story tall tale trickery whopper wile bulldust pork pie porky pie terminological inexactitude invention fable taradiddle tarradiddle mendacity tale line figment deceit misrepresentation distortion canard hogwash misinformation disinformation perjury forgery gossip dissimulation propaganda cock-and-bull story jazz misstatement crock remarkable story big lie bunk one for the birds untruthfulness equivocation spinach evasiveness false statement untruism fibbery cover-up half truth fraud false report feigning fakery fake guile fraudulence hyperbole dishonesty evasion disregard for the facts falseness inaccuracy backbiting subterfuge detraction deviation from the truth fantasy phantasy claptrap opus artifact jive work song and dance artefact smoke conspiracy theory economy with the truth duplicity hoax artifice coloring trick kidology deceitfulness hypocrisy fallacy delusion con colouring lying sophistry dissembling spuriousness stall fish story speciousness fudging illusion deceptiveness treachery manoeuvre fibbing fancy machination scheme slant cover inveracity fallaciousness maneuver chicanery shamming feint dodge flimflam excuse lies casuistry stonewall shift run-around guise device adulteration farfetched story shaggy-dog story front quibbling mendaciousness contrivance stretch twist insincerity perversion hollowness imposture double-dealing perfidy false colours lack of veracity false excuse spin fictitiousness mutilation twisting swindle clothesline disingenuousness bluff unveracity set-up scam unreality hallucination charade amphibology sting game sophism facade amphiboly shuffling rort lurk bunco gyp wheeze grift creation fetch imagination waffle cunning codology confidence trick manipulation improvisation façade false light truthlessness false colors humbug rig con trick schlenter flanker gimmick doctoring alteration tampering not a true picture put-on double meaning snow job put-up job double entendre quibbling routine false front cop out double talk angler's tale unlikely story whisper pishogue unbelievable tale fanciful tale disguise semblance mask nancy story spiel rigmarole chestnut defamation scandal two-timing persuasion unreliability prepared speech doublespeak misconception act simulation indirectness circumlocution misbelief tactic waffling flannel paltering erroneousness inexactness ploy expedient calumny phoniness bias cheating overstatement embellishment superstition error pussyfooting around beating about the bush weasel words slanting false notion mistaken belief burlesque faking spoof counterfeit sell imitation scheming craft move incorrectness uncandidness misreporting obfuscation misreport apologue play-acting gambit sleight juggle shenanigan knack craftiness play jig skew prejudice garbling travesty equivocality caricature debasement artfulness slyness fictitious story folk ballad oversubtleness show exaggerated story incredible story masquerade sleight of hand racket savvy change tinkering false rumour false information fiddling changing stretching subtlety casuistics ambiguity bending of the truth false trail BS misinterpretation imbalance baloney snow jiving fibs bum steer misleading information production doubtfulness legalism rationalization rationalisation justification novel romance nonsense legend chimera false show song equivoque euphemism hedging hedge creativity storytelling narration mere show unsound reasoning twisting the facts specious reasoning overgeneral reasoning narrative urban myth literature anecdote book hooey potboiler unrealism nonfiction drama cliff-hanger avoidance dodging vision tergiversation urban legend creative writing elusion best seller short story short stories apparition fantasm phantasm mirage conceit nonentity dream daydream shunning work of fiction work of imagination figment of imagination works of fiction made up story weasel word imagining escape eluding shirking ducking circumvention bubble castle in the air pipe dream nightmare chimaera cop-out shaking eschewing bypassing eschewal out sidestepping cheat go-by obliqueness bilking fancy footwork ditch finding a way round slip stonewalling getting out of routine quibble equivocating fugivity fugiviteness evading skirting snare decoy blind leg-pull hokum fastie Trojan horse bilk mare's-nest ride chicane malarkey hustle wrinkle catch trap whitewash shuck fast shuffle confidence game fast one con game

departures departure time depauperize depauperized depauperizes depauperizing departure from the norm departure from life departure from departure depart this life depart suddenly