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untruth

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un·truth  (n-trth)
n.
1. Something untrue; a lie.
2. The condition of being false; lack of truth.
3. Archaic Unfaithfulness.

untruth [ʌnˈtruːθ]
n
1. the state or quality of being untrue
2. a statement, fact, etc., that is not true

Untruth of sompners: a group of summoners, 1486. Also somner.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.untruthuntruth - 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"

untruth
noun
1. lie, fabrication, falsehood, fib, story, tale, fiction, deceit, whopper (informal), porky (Brit. slang), pork pie (Brit. slang), falsification, prevarication The Authority accused estate agents of using blatant untruths.
2. lying, perjury, duplicity, falsity, mendacity, deceitfulness, untruthfulness, inveracity (rare), truthlessness I have never uttered one word of untruth.
Translations
untruth [ˈʌnˈtruːθ] N (untruths (pl)) [ˈʌnˈtruːðz]mentira f
untruth
nUnwahrheit f
untruth [ʌnˈtruːθ] n (untruths (pl)) [ʌnˈtruːðz]falsità f inv
untruth [ʌnˈtruːθ] n (untruths (pl)) [ʌnˈtruːðz]falsità f inv


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Monte Cristo examined him with the same look that, at Rome, he had bent upon the execution of Andrea, and then, in a tone that made a shudder pass through the veins of the poor steward, -- "The Abbe Busoni, then told me an untruth," said he, "when, after his journey in France, in 1829, he sent you to me, with a letter of recommendation, in which he enumerated all your valuable qualities.
It is your happiness I wish for," she added, feeling that she was telling an untruth and was becoming entangled.
The notion had no ground in sense; it was probably no more than a reminiscence of similar calamities in childhood, for his father's room had always been the chamber of inquisition and the scene of punishment; but it stuck so rigorously in his mind that he must instantly approach the door and prove its untruth.
 
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