Falsehood

n.	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.

Noun	1.	falsehood - a false statement Synonyms: false statement, untruth, falsity Antonyms: true statement, truth - a true statement; "he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it"
	2.	falsehood - the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting Synonyms: falsification

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