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n. the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

n. a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury

oath, swearing, curse, expletive, swearword, cuss, curse word

n. profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted"

under

adv. below the horizon; "The sun went under"

under

adv. below some quantity or limit: "Fifty dollars or under"

under

adv. in or into a state of subordination or subjugation; "We must keep our disappointment under"

under

adv. down to defeat, death, or ruin; "The competitors went under"

under

adv. into unconsciousness: "This will put the patient under"

under

adv. through a range downward: "Children six and under will be admitted free"

under, down below

adv. "Get under quickly!"

under, below, further down

adv. "See under for further discussion"

under

adj. lower in rank, power, or authority; "an under secretary"

lying, dishonest, mendacious

adj. given to lying; "a lying witness"; "a mendacious child"

under, nether

adj. located below or beneath something else; "nether garments"; "the under parts of a machine"

accord, treaty, pact

n. a written agreement between two states or sovereigns

assurance, pledge

n. a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something; "an assurance of help when needed"; "signed a pledge never to reveal the secret"

deposition, attestation, affidavit

n. written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath

declaration

n. a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)

testimony

n. a solemn statement made under oath

word, parole, word of honor

n. a promise; "he gave his word"

engagement, betrothal, troth

n. a mutual promise to marry

contract

n. (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

imprecation, malediction

n. the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult); "he suffered the imprecations of the mob"

commonness, coarseness, grossness, vulgarity, vulgarism

n. the quality of lacking taste and refinement

slick, cunning, crafty, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily

adj. marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"

dastard, dastardly

adj. treacherously cowardly; "the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on...December 7th"- F.D. Roosevelt

nefarious, villainous

adj. extremely wicked; "nefarious schemes"; "a villainous plot"; "a villainous band of thieves"

below, beneath, to a lower place, at a lower place

adv. to a lower place

down, lower, downward, downwards, to a lower level, to a lower position

adv. "Don't fall down"

adjunct, assistant

adj. of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another

associate

adj. having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status; "an associate member"; "an associate professor"

buck

adj. of the lowest rank in a category: "a buck private"

proxy, deputy

adj. acting as substitute for another

ruled

adj. subject to a ruling authority; "the ruled mass"

secondary

adj. belonging to a lower class or rank

subject, dependent

adj. being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince"

subservient

adj. compliant and obedient to authority; "editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones"-G. B. Shaw

false, trumped up

adj. diverging from the truth: "a false statement"; "trumped up charge"

low-level

adj. occurring at a relatively low altitude; "a low-level strafing run"

low-lying

adj. having a small elevation above the ground or horizon or sea level; "low-lying clouds"

truthful

adj. expressing or given to expressing the truth; "a true statement"; "gave truthful testimony"; "a truthful person"

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