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falsehood
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false·hood  (fôlshd)
n.
1. An untrue statement; a lie.
2. The practice of lying.
3. Lack of conformity to truth or fact; inaccuracy.

falsehood
Noun
1. the quality of being untrue
2. a lie
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.falsehoodfalsehood - a false statement                    
statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day"
dodging, scheme, dodge - a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
lie, prevarication - a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
fable, fabrication, fiction - a deliberately false or improbable account
deception, misrepresentation, deceit - a misleading falsehood
contradiction in terms, contradiction - (logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction"
true statement, truth - a true statement; "he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it"
2.falsehood - the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting
knavery, dishonesty - lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
frame-up, setup - an act that incriminates someone on a false charge
sophistication - falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies; "he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason"
forgery - criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud

falsehood
noun 2. lie, story, fiction, fabrication, fib, untruth, porky Brit. (slang) pork pie Brit. (slang) misstatement
Translations
falsehood [ˈfɔːlshud] nfalsedad f
falsehood [ˈfɔːlshud] nmensonge m
falsehood [ˈfɔːlshud] false nUnwahrheit f
falsehood [ˈfɔːlshud] nmenzogna


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