Hypertext Webster Gateway: "falsification"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Falsification \Fal`si*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. falsification.]
1. The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting;
the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it
is not.
To counterfeit the living image of king in his
person exceedeth all falsifications. --Bacon.
2. Willful misstatement or misrepresentation.
Extreme necessity . . . forced him upon this bold
and violent falsification of the doctrine of the
alliance. --Bp.
Warburton.
3. (Equity) The showing an item of charge in an account to be
wrong. --Story.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
falsification
n 1: any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of
something [syn: {disproof}, {refutation}]
2: a willful act of falsifying [syn: {misrepresentation}, {falsehood}]
3: the act of determining that something is false [syn: {falsifying},
{disproof}, {refutation}]
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