the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun] > of an exaggerated kind > telling of (2)
The action of composing romances or (in later use chiefly) extravagant fictions; wild invention or speculation; (occasionally) an instance of this.
The action of fable, v.; the telling of fictitious stories, fabulous narration, romancing, †lying; an instance of the same.