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Falsehood

Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity.

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Contradiction 76% connected

An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; contrary declaration; gainsaying.

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Deceit 76% connected

An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe wha…

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Deception 76% connected

The act of deceiving or misleading.

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Dodge 76% connected

To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.

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Dodging 76% connected

of Dodge

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Fable 76% connected

A Feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept; an apologue. See the…

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Fabrication 76% connected

The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government.

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Fiction 76% connected

The act of feigning, inventing, or imagining; as, by a mere fiction of the mind.

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Forgery 76% connected

The act of forging metal into shape.

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Lie 76% connected

See Lye.

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Misrepresentation 76% connected

Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person'…

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Prevarication 76% connected

The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing.

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Scheme 76% connected

A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system.

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Sophistication 76% connected

The act of sophisticating; adulteration; as, the sophistication of drugs.

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Dishonesty 76% connected

Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame.

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Knavery 76% connected

The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action.

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Statement 76% connected

The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.

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Fake 74% connected

One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

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Fake 74% connected

One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

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Falsification 92% connected

The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.

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Falsity 92% connected

The quality of being false; coutrariety or want of conformity to truth.

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Untruth 92% connected

The quality of being untrue; contrariety to truth; want of veracity; also, treachery; faithlessness; disloyalty.

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