falsehood

Etymology
From, from +.

Noun

 * 1)  The property of being false.
 * 2)  A false statement, especially an intentional one; a lie.
 * Don't tell falsehoods.
 * 1)  Mendacity, deceitfulness; the trait of a person who is mendacious and deceitful.
 * 1)  Mendacity, deceitfulness; the trait of a person who is mendacious and deceitful.

Usage notes

 * Falsehood, Falseness, Falsity; untruth, fabrication, fiction. Instances may be quoted in abundance from old authors to show that the first three words are often strictly synonymous; but the modern tendency has been decidedly in favor of separating them, falsehood standing for the concrete thing, an intentional lie; falseness, for the quality of being guiltily false or treacherous: as, he is justly despised for his falseness to his oath; and falsity, for the quality of being false without blame: as, the falsity of reasoning. — The Century Dictionary, 1911.

Quotations

 *  Syn.  Falsehood, Falseness, Falsity; untruth, fabrication, fiction. Instances may be quoted in abundance from old authors to show that the first three words are often strictly synonymous; but the modern tendency has been decidedly in favor of separating them, falsehood standing for the concrete thing, an intentional lie; falseness, for the quality of being guiltily false or treacherous: as, he is justly despised for his falseness to his oath; and falsity, for the quality of being false without blame: as, the falsity of reasoning. — the Century Dictionary, 1911.
 * Micah 2:11 (KJV):
 * If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

Synonyms

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Translations

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 * Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲
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 * Bokmål: usannhet
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 * Arabic: بَاطِل, أَبَاطِيل, زَيْف
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 * German:, unwahre Behauptung
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ψεῦδος
 * Irish:
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 * Kikuyu: iheeni
 * Latin: falsitās
 * Maori: kēā, hori, horihori, parau, teka, tipatipa, hāwatewate
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 * Bokmål: løgn
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 * Plautdietsch: Lieej
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 * Sanskrit: ,
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 * Tocharian B: waike
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 * Bulgarian: лъжли́вост
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 * German:, Falschsein
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 * Latin: perfidia
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