Noun
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a false statement
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falsity,
untruth |
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true statement,
truth a fact that has been verified; "at last he knew the truth"; "the truth is that he didn't want to do it"
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statement a document showing credits and debits
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dodge,
dodging,
scheme a quick evasive movement
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lie,
prevarication a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
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fiction,
fable,
fabrication a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
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misrepresentation,
deceit,
deception a misleading falsehood
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the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting
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falsification |
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knavery,
dishonesty lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
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frame-up,
setup an act that incriminates someone on a false charge
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sophistication falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies; "he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason"
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