Exaggeration
Exaggeration , noun
[Latin exaggeratio: compare French exagération.]
1.
The act of heaping or piling up. [Obsolete]
Exaggeration of sand.
2.
The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.
No need of an exaggeration of what they saw.
3.
(Painting) A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.