Exaggeration
Pronunciation : Ex*ag`ger*a"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. exaggeratio : cf. F. exag?ration.]
Definition : 1. The act of heaping or piling up. [Obs.] "Exaggeration of sand." Sir M. Hale.
2. The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement. No need of an exaggeration of what they saw. I. Taylor.
3. (Paint.)
Defn: A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913