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un⋅truth

  [uhn-trooth]
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–noun, plural -truths  [-troothz, -trooths] .
1. the state or character of being untrue.
2. want of veracity; divergence from truth.
3. something untrue; a falsehood or lie.
4. Archaic. unfaithfulness; disloyalty.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE untrēowth. See un- 1 , truth

Synonyms:
3. fiction, story, tale, fabrication, invention. See falsehood.
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un·truth   (ŭn-trōōth')   
n.  
  1. Something untrue; a lie.
  2. The condition of being false; lack of truth.
  3. Archaic Unfaithfulness.
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Untruth

Un*truth"\, n. 1. The quality of being untrue; contrariety to truth; want of veracity; also, treachery; faithlessness; disloyalty. --Chaucer.

2. That which is untrue; a false assertion; a falsehood; a lie; also, an act of treachery or disloyalty. --Shak.

Syn: Lie; falsehood. See Lie.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : untruth
Spanish: falsedad,
German: die Unwahrheit,
Japanese: 虚偽
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untruth 
O.E. untreowþ "unfaithfulness," from un- (1) "not" + truth. Cf. O.N. utrygð. Meaning "falsehood" is attested from 1439; that of "a lie" is from c.1449.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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