guile, n.All

Guile (n.) betrays ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠cowardice before life when it is over-valued, as in crime and detective films.

Guile (n.) so ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠complete that perhaps Ulysses noticed the silence and held up his pretense to the Sirens and the gods merely as a shield.