untruth

[ uhn-trooth ]
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noun,plural un·truths [uhn-troothz, -trooths]. /ʌnˈtruðz, -ˈtruθs/.
  1. the state or character of being untrue.

  2. want of veracity; divergence from truth.

  1. something untrue; a falsehood or lie.

  2. Archaic. unfaithfulness; disloyalty.

Origin of untruth

1
First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English untrēowth: see un-1, truth

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3. See falsehood.

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untruth

/ (ʌnˈtruːθ) /


noun
  1. the state or quality of being untrue

  2. a statement, fact, etc, that is not true

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