Thesaurus: falsehood

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1. n. Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity.
2. n. A deliberate intentional assertion of what is known to be untrue; a departure from moral integrity; a lie.
3. n. Treachery; deceit; perfidy; unfaithfulness.
4. n. A counterfeit; a false appearance; an imposture.
5. n. a false statement
6. n. the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting
7. 1. Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity. Though it be a lie in the clock, it is but a falsehood in the hand of the dial when pointing at a wrong hour, if rightly following the direction of the wheel which moveth it. Fuller. 2. A deliberate intentional assertion of what is known to be untrue; a departure from moral integrity; a lie. 3. Treachery; deceit; perfidy; unfaithfulness. Betrayed by falsehood of his guard. Shak. 4. A counterfeit; a false appearance; an imposture. For his molten image is falsehood. Jer. x. 14. No falsehood can endure Touch of celestial temper. Milton. Syn. -- Falsity; lie; untruth; fiction; fabrication. See Falsity.
8. n:100 n. a false statement