FALSEHOOD

falsification, falsehood

(noun) the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting

falsehood, falsity, untruth

(noun) a false statement

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

falsehood (countable and uncountable, plural falsehoods)

(uncountable) The property of being false.

(countable) A false statement, especially an intentional one; a lie.

(archaic, rare) Mendacity, deceitfulness; the trait of a person who is mendacious and deceitful.

Synonyms

• (property of being false): falsity

• (false statement): lie

• (deceitfulness): falseness, mendacity

• See also falsehood

Antonyms

• (false statement): truth, verity

Source: Wiktionary

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False"hood, n. Etym: [False + -hood]

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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