Dictionary
ex•ag•ger•a•tion
Pronunciation: (ig-zaj"u-rā'shun), [key]—
n.
1. the act of exaggerating or overstating.
2. an instance of exaggerating; an overstatement:
His statement concerning the size of his income is a gross exaggeration. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.