Hypertext Webster Gateway: "untruth"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Untruth \Un*truth"\, n.
1. The quality of being untrue; contrariety to truth; want of
veracity; also, treachery; faithlessness; disloyalty.
--Chaucer.

2. That which is untrue; a false assertion; a falsehood; a
lie; also, an act of treachery or disloyalty. --Shak.

Syn: Lie; falsehood. See {Lie}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

untruth
n : a false statement [syn: {falsehood}, {falsity}, {false
statement}] [ant: {truth}]

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