suppressio verin.
/səˌprɛsɪəʊ ˈvɪərʌɪ/, /səˌprɛsɪəʊ ˈvɛːri/, U.S. /səˌprɛsioʊ ˈvɛri/ Misrepresentation of the truth by concealing or withholding facts which ought to be made known. Also: an instance of this. Cf. suggestio falsi n.Originally in legal contexts.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > evasion of truth
paradiastole1555
equivocating1606
equivocation1609
quidlibet1611
equivoque1631
equivocya1636
prevarication1656
half-truth1658
suppressio veri1677
suggestio falsi1815
oil1917
1677 Z. Babington Advice to Grand Jurors sig. B4v And as there must not be in the Grand Jury, Suppressio veri, a suppression or lessening of the truth; so there must not be Expressio falsi, a false Accusation; both are to be avoided.
1755 Ld. Chesterfield in World No. 105. 632 Here is not only the suppressio veri, which is highly penal, but the crimen falsi too.
1793 Treat. Equity (Dublin ed.) I. ii. 113 It is a constant rule in equity, that where there is either suppressio veri, or suggestio falsi, the release, or other deed shall be avoided.
1855 Newspaper & Gen. Reader's Pocket Compan. i. 4 He was bound to say that the suppressio veri on that occasion approached very nearly to a positive suggestio falsi.
1889 Athenæum 20 Apr. 500/3 There is an unintentional suppressio veri in his assertion.
1906 W. De Morgan Joseph Vance l. 456 I said to myself thank God for my well-intentioned suppressio veri.
1952 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ in National Weekly 15 Mar. The incorrigible suppressio veri and suggestio falsi of commercial journalism.
2003 Church Times 14 Mar. 17/4 To be truthful in government..is to risk being turned out of office. But politicians like office... So while they hold it they will always and naturally engage in a degree of suppressio veri.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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