All 3 Uses of "deception" in "The Importance of Being Earnest"

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deception
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The Importance of Being Earnest
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Disloyalty would be as impossible to him as deception.†
Act 2 *

deception = the act of lying to or misleading someone; or something that misleads
A gross deception has been practised on both of us.†
Act 2
Continuing his disgraceful deception, he succeeded in the course of the afternoon in alienating the affections of my only ward.†
Act 3

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(1) (deception)
the act of lying to or misleading someone; or something that misleads
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)