Feint
French term in swordsmanship and fencing / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Feint (disambiguation).
Feint, a French term that entered English via the discipline of swordsmanship and fencing,[1] is a maneuver designed to distract or mislead. A feint is achieved by giving the impression that a certain maneuver will take place, while in fact another, or even none, will. In military tactics and many types of combat, there are two types of feints: feint attacks and feint retreats.
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