Falsehood
Translation- Falsehood
- Falsehood False"hood, n. [False + -hood]
1. Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or
representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity.
[1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
2. A deliberate intentional assertion of what is known to be untrue; a departure from moral integrity; a lie. [1913 Webster]
3. Treachery; deceit; perfidy; unfaithfulness. [1913 Webster]
Betrayed by falsehood of his guard. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
4. A counterfeit; a false appearance; an imposture. [1913 Webster]
For his molten image is falsehood. --Jer. x. 14. [1913 Webster]
No falsehood can endure Touch of celestial temper. --Milton.
Syn: Falsity; lie; untruth; fiction; fabrication. See {Falsity}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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