exaggerationn.[L. exaggeratio : cf. F. exagration.]1. The act of heaping or piling up.(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.()