falsehood
a false statement; lie.
something false; an untrue idea, belief, etc.: The Nazis propagated the falsehood of racial superiority.
the act of lying or making false statements.
lack of conformity to truth or fact.
Obsolete. deception.
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How to use falsehood in a sentence
We all know this happens; yet we continue to endorse these falsehoods.
The Good Wife’s Religion Politics: Voters Have No Faith in Alicia's Atheism | Regina Lizik | November 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn fact, last fall, Factcheck.org rated such claims as outright falsehoods.
Maynard subsequently told ever more elaborate falsehoods and presented himself ever more dramatically as the man who saved King.
The Black and White Men Who Saved Martin Luther King’s Life | Michael Daly | January 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTReplying-all to that email chain of falsehoods and letting folks know that you disagree, and the lies aren't OK.
Congress Can Become Civil and Productive if Moderate Voters Demand It | Joshua DuBois | October 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is also likely that all of them contain at best, distortions and, at worst, outright falsehoods.
He had seen through her as if she had been made of glass; he had penetrated her artifices and detected her falsehoods.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniI could not help at the meeting threatening to horsewhip J. Price for the falsehoods that he with the others had reported.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickLet us suppose we were told that the whole book—facts, reason, folly, and falsehoods—was divinely inspired and literally true.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordFor his wifes and childrens sake he is sorely tempted to commit fraud, to tell falsehoods, and obtain illicit gains.
The 'Characters' of Jean de La Bruyre | Jean de La BruyrePerhaps to keep up the illusion, to colour the raw facts; to help her to false ideas, while yet not plainly stating falsehoods?
Tales and Fantasies | Robert Louis Stevenson
British Dictionary definitions for falsehood
/ (ˈfɔːlsˌhʊd) /
the quality of being untrue
an untrue statement; lie
the act of deceiving or lying
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