The practice of lying or otherwise obscuring the truth or reality from another.

Subsets
Deception (Acting) – This is a performance based skill, often used to play a role for the entertainment of others.

Deception (Social) – This is the deception of others through conversation and social settings.

Deception (Fraud) – This is the deception through the use of faked, physical objects and/or the assumption of a false or stolen identity.