fibbing

misleading

dissembling dissimulating double-crossing double-dealing equivocating falsifying inventing misrepresenting misstating prevaricating two-timing wrong

committing perjury deceitful deceptive delusive delusory false guileful mendacious perfidious shifty treacherous tricky two-faced unreliable untruthful

honest

direct frank

deceitful deceptive duplicitous equivocating erroneous fallacious false fraudulent insincere lying paltering perfidious perjured prevaricating shifty spurious untrue untruthful wrong

frank honest sincere truthful

committing perjury deceitful deceptive delusive delusory dissembling dissimulating double-crossing double-dealing equivocating false falsifying forsworn guileful inventing mendacious misleading misrepresenting misstating perfidious perjured prevaricating shifty treacherous tricky two-faced two-timing unreliable untruthful wrong

prevarication

ambiguity amphiboly casuistry coloring con cover cover-up deceit deception deceptiveness delusion dissimulation distortion doubtfulness duplicity evasion fallacy fib hedging lie line lying misrepresentation shuffling song sophistry speciousness spuriousness stall tergiversation waffle

cop out double entendre double meaning double talk equivocality quibbling routine runaround song and dance stonewall

certainty clarity fact frankness honesty openness reality surety trustworthiness truth truthfulness uprightness

directness facing meeting

ambiguity amphiboly casuistry coloring con cover cover-up deceit deception deceptiveness delusion dissimulation distortion doubtfulness duplicity euphemism evasion fallacy fib hedge hedging lie line lying misrepresentation prevarication shuffle shuffling song sophistry speciousness spuriousness stall waffle

cop out double entendre double meaning double talk equivocality equivoque quibbling routine runaround song and dance stonewall weasel word

certainty clarity fact frankness honesty openness reality surety trustworthiness truth truthfulness uprightness