distortion
I
noun
anamorphosis, camouflage, caricature, contortion, convolution, deception, deformation, deformity, disguise, disparity, disproportion, dissemblance, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distortio, embroidery, enlargement, exaggeration, expansion, false coloring, false construction, false copy, false reading, falsification, gloss, hyperbole, illusion, imbalance, irrelation, magnification, misapplication, misconstruction, misdirection, misexplanation, misinformation, misinstruction, misinterpretation, misquotation, misrendering, misrepresentation, mistranslation, misusage, misuse of words, one-sided conception, one-sided view, overcoloring, overstatement, perversion, pravitas, satire, simulacrum, strained sense, stretch, travesty, twist, unlikeness, warped judgment, wrong interpretation
II
index
abuse (corrupt practice), artifice, catachresis, color (deceptive appearance), defacement, difference, error, evasion, exaggeration, fallacy, falsehood, falsification, irregularity, lie, misapplication, misrepresentation, misstatement, misusage, overstatement, parody, propaganda, sophistry, story (falsehood), travesty
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006