/ig zaj'euh ray"sheuhn/ , 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.
[ 1555-65; exaggeration- (s. of exaggeratio ), equiv. to exaggerat ( us ) (see EXAGGERATE) + -ion- -ION ]