definition of
pretence

[1] #1 pretence n. [pretension, pretense] a false or unsupportable quality. wn

[2] #2 pretence n. [guise, pretense, pretext] an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them". wn

[3] #3 pretence n. [pretense, feigning, dissembling] pretending with intention to deceive. wn

[4] #4 pretence n. [pretense, make-believe] imaginative intellectual play. wn

[5] #5 pretence n. [pretense, pretending, simulation, feigning] the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending". wn