the act of deceiving or being deceived

misleading; being dishonest

the process of avoiding something; an act, statement, excuse etc used to avoid something

escape, avoidance

a lie (the usual word)

lie

(to make an) untrue statement (especially about something unimportant)

undetailed lie

something invented or imagined

made-up story

a statement that one knows is not true

untruth

untruthfulness; a tendency to be untruthful

insincerity

an attempt to avoid an honest answer by using a secondary or doubtful meaning of a word or phrase; to argue about small points or differences

objection, complaint