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un⋅truth

[uhn-trooth]
–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


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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