The Collaborative International Dictionary
half-truth \half"-truth`\ (h[aum]f"tr[=oo]th), n.; pl. half-truths (h[aum]f"tr[=oo][th]z)`. a partially true statement, especially one intended to deceive or mislead.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of half-truth English)
Usage examples of "half-truths".
She considered evading his question with half-truths or simple silence.
Silence and half-truths are worse than complete lies: they are deceptive.
Amid all the lies and half-truths, the bowl stood forth as the spirit of man made tangible.
In the midst of all the lies and half-truths, plots and counterplots, she needed someone she could trust.
Jake supposed there was some kind of poetic justice in using a mixture of truths and half-truths, omissions and distractions on Honor Donovan.
On the other hand, it was getting tiresome to always teeter along the sharp edges of half-truths and lies, wondering when he was going to be pushed off and cut himself to the bone.
He didn’t have the Patience for all the sneaking around and pretending and half-truths and evasions and outright lies.
The Sword of Shannara relies on the bearer's willingness to shed personal deceptions, half-truths, and lies in order to see clearly the same in others.
Having to sit through Court will give me indigestion, having to listen to all those half-truths and alibis .
Only would the joke be on himself if after all the half-truths Tgellan found fire lizard eggs .