Bible Dictionaries
Exaggeration

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The act of heaping or piling up.

(2):

(n.) 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.

(3):

(n.) A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Exaggeration'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/exaggeration.html. 1828.