understatement (n.)

• abstractionism
• coloring
• deformation
• distortion
• exaggeration
• expressionism
• falsification
• hyperbole
• inaccuracy
• injustice
• litotes
• misquotation
• misrepresentation
• misstatement
• overstatement
• perversion
• quietness
• restraint
• simplicity
• subduedness
• twisting
• unobtrusiveness