'Falsehood' definitions:

Definition of 'falsehood'

(from WordNet)
noun
A false statement [syn: falsehood, falsity, untruth] [ant: true statement, truth]
noun
The act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting [syn: falsification, falsehood]

Definition of 'Falsehood'

From: GCIDE
  • Falsehood \False"hood\, n. [False + -hood]
  • 1. Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity. [1913 Webster]
  • Though it be a lie in the clock, it is but a falsehood in the hand of the dial when pointing at a wrong hour, if rightly following the direction of the wheel which moveth it. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A deliberate intentional assertion of what is known to be untrue; a departure from moral integrity; a lie. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Treachery; deceit; perfidy; unfaithfulness. [1913 Webster]
  • Betrayed by falsehood of his guard. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A counterfeit; a false appearance; an imposture. [1913 Webster]
  • For his molten image is falsehood. --Jer. x. 14. [1913 Webster]
  • No falsehood can endure Touch of celestial temper. --Milton.
  • Syn: Falsity; lie; untruth; fiction; fabrication. See Falsity. [1913 Webster]