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Answer: C) illusion.
Explanation: the denotation of a word is its literal meaning, the definition that we can find in a dictionary, a word can have several denotations (or definitions). From the given options, the one that means (has the denotation of) "Act of deceiving" is the corresponding to option C: illusion, that also can be defined as something false (it can be an idea, impression, belief or appearance).