Exaggeration /(?)/

Ex·ag·ger·a·tion

Exaggeration

n.
  1. The act of heaping or piling up. [Obs.]
  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. A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor. (Paint.)