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Overstatement   /ˈoʊvərstˌeɪtmənt/   Listen
Overstatement

noun
1.
Making to seem more important than it really is.  Synonyms: exaggeration, magnification.





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... for triple damages is grounded when a plaintiff makes an overstatement of his claim in the writ of summons, in consequence of which the officers of the court take too large a fee from the defendant. In such a case the latter will be able to recover from the plaintiff three times the loss which he sustains by the overcharge, including in these damages simple ...
— The Institutes of Justinian • Caesar Flavius Justinian


Words linked to "Overstatement" :   overstate, magnification, exaggeration, understatement, deception, misrepresentation, deceit


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