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English Dictionary: understatement by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
understatement
n
  1. a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said
    Antonym(s): exaggeration, magnification, overstatement
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Understatement \Un"der*state`ment\, n.
      The act of understating, or the condition of being
      understated; that which is understated; a statement below the
      truth.
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