Dis-sim'ū-lā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. dissimulatio, Fr. dissimulation, It. dissimulazione, Sp. disimulacion. See DISSEMBLE.] The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; a feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy.

The master of all sanctity distinguishes dissimulation in all the specious similitudes it weareth. Montagu.

Let love be without dissimulation. Rom. xii. 9.