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Understatement

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Verb (used with object), -stated, -stating.

to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out; set forth in restrained, moderate, or weak terms
The casualty lists understate the extent of the disaster.

Synonyms

noun
distortion , litotes , restraint , underestimate

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