Understatement - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Understatement :  (noun)

1: a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said [ant: exaggeration]

Based on WordNet 2.0

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.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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