Ex*ag`ger*a"tion (?), n. [L.
exaggeratio : cf. F. exagération.]
1. The act of heaping or piling up. [Obs.]
"Exaggeration of sand." Sir M. Hale.
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.
I. Taylor.
3. (Paint.) A representation of things
beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.