pretence in WordNet English dictionary

1. pretending with intention to deceive
   pretense  pretence  feigning  dissembling 
   
2. the act of giving a false appearance
   "his conformity was only pretending"
   pretense  pretence  pretending  simulation  feigning 
   
3. an artful or simulated semblance
   "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
   guise  pretense  pretence  pretext 
   
4. imaginative intellectual play
   pretense  pretence  make-believe 
   
5. a false or unsupportable quality
   pretension  pretense  pretence