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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.

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untruth

Noun

a statement that is not true; lie

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Untruth of sompners: a group of summoners, 1486. Also somner.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

untruth - a false statement falsehood, falsity 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"

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untruth

noun lie, fabrication, falsehood, fib, story, tale, fiction, deceit, whopper (informal) porky Brit. (slang) pork pie Brit. (slang) falsification, prevarication