GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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