n. 25B6; noun
cease this pretence : MAKE-BELIEVE, putting on an act, acting, dissembling, shamming, faking, feigning, simulation, dissimulation, play-acting, posturing; deception, deceit, deceitfulness, fraud, fraudulence, duplicity, subterfuge, trickery, dishonesty, hypocrisy, falsity, lying, mendacity.
he made a pretence of being unconcerned : (FALSE) SHOW, semblance, affectation, (false) appearance, outward appearance, impression, (false) front, guise, facade, display.
she had dropped any pretence to faith : CLAIM, profession.
he was absolutely without pretence : PRETENTIOUSNESS, display, ostentation, affectation, showiness, posturing, humbug.
honesty.