falsehood Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a false statement
untruth; falsity.
noun the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting
falsification.

False + -hood

Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity.
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.
A deliberate intentional assertion of what is known to be untrue; a departure from moral integrity; a lie.
Treachery; deceit; perfidy; unfaithfulness.
Betrayed by falsehood of his guard. Shak.
A counterfeit; a false appearance; an imposture.
For his molten image is falsehood. Jer. x. 14.

No falsehood can endure Touch of celestial temper. Milton.
Syn. -- Falsity; lie; untruth; fiction; fabrication. See Falsity.