Pretext
Antonyms of PRETEXT
- reality, back, openness, frankness, fact, ingenuousness, rear, guilelessness, actuality, candor, honesty, sincerity, simplicity, truth.
Examples of usage:
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He is-" " But Britton must have some sort of a pretext for-" " Nonsense! "A Fool and His Money" by George Barr McCutcheon
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Oh, she would be sure to find some pretext. "Bertha Garlan" by Arthur Schnitzler
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" It is pretext enough," said Hume bitterly; " and I should not have allowed the fight." "The Golden Rock" by Ernest Glanville