Untruth

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  • noun. Something untrue; a lie.
  • noun. The condition of being false; lack of truth.
  • noun. Unfaithfulness.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The character of being untrue; contrariety to truth; want of veracity.
  • noun. Treachery; want of fidelity; faithlessness; disloyalty.
  • noun. A false assertion; a falsehood; a lie.
  • noun. Moreover, they have spoken untruths; … and, to conclude, they are lying knaves.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The quality of being untrue; contrariety to truth; want of veracity; also, treachery; faithlessness; disloyalty.
  • noun. That which is untrue; a false assertion; a falsehood; a lie; also, an act of treachery or disloyalty.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a lie or falsehood
  • noun. the condition of being false
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a false statement
  • Word Usage
    "One would normally think so, but what of the case where an untruth is valued more highly by someone than the truth?"
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