pretence or (N American) pretense /pri-tensˈ/

1. An act of pretending
2. Make-believe
3. An act put on deliberately to mislead, a sham, a false show
4. A claim, esp an unjustified one (eg to expertise in something)
5. An assertion, by implication false
6. A misleading declaration of intention (as in under false pretences)
7. Show or semblance
8. A trivial pretext
9. Pretentiousness, show, affectation or ostentation
10. An aim, purpose or thing aimed at (obsolete)

pretenceˈless adjective

Without a pretext

• deathier
• deathiest
• death knell
• death knells
• deathless
• deathlessness
• deathlessnesses
• deathlier
• deathliest
• deathlike
• deathliness
• deathlinesses
• deathly
• death-marked
• death mask
• death masks
• deathmatch
• deathmatches
• death metal
• death on
• death penalties
• death penalty
• death-practised
• death rate
• death rates