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"distortion" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often warping (7 letters).
Definitions
the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
Word origin
Borrowed from Latin distortio, distortionis, from distortus.
Used in a sentence
“The story he told was a bit of a distortion.”
“The conscious mind refuses to admit any failure to perceive, and puts in its place a series of rationalisations which are fabrications and distortions of the real nature of things.”
“Remembering is an act of re-creation and therefore subject to distortion and fictionalization: 'real' memories become tales, and tales become 'memories'.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Altered shape”10 letters
02“Warped image”10 letters
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