false|hood

false|hood «FLS hud», noun.

1. a false statement; lie: »

His oral reports to the F.B.I. were laced with falsehoods (New York Times).

SYNONYM(S): untruth, fib. See syn. under lie. (Cf. ↑lie)

2. the quality of being false; falsity: »

the scandalous falsehood of the charges now circulated against them (Cardinal Newman).

SYNONYM(S): falseness, untruthfulness, mendacity.

3. something false; an untrue proposition, doctrine, or belief: »

Each age has to fight with its own falsehoods (Sir Arthur Helps).

4. the act of making false statements; lying.