falsification, falsifying, disproof, refutation, refutal
(noun) the act of determining that something is false
falsification, falsehood
(noun) the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting
falsification, misrepresentation
(noun) a willful perversion of facts
disproof, falsification, refutation
(noun) any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
falsification (countable and uncountable, plural falsifications)
the act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not
knowingly false statement or wilful misrepresentation
showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong
Source: Wiktionary
Fal`si*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. falsification.]
1. The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not. To counterfeit the living image of king in his person exceedeth all falsifications. Bacon.
2. Willful misstatement or misrepresentation. Extreme necessity . . . forced him upon this bold and violent falsification of the doctrine of the alliance. Bp. Warburton.
3. (Equity)
Definition: The showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong. Story.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 June 2025
(verb) bestow a quality on; “Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company”; “The music added a lot to the play”; “She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings”; “This adds a light note to the program”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
