Falsehood /(?)/

False·hood

Falsehood

n.
  1. Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity.
    Though it be a lie in the clock, it is but a falsehood in the hand of the dial when pointing at a wrong hour, if rightly following the direction of the wheel which moveth it.
  2. A deliberate intentional assertion of what is known to be untrue; a departure from moral integrity; a lie.
  3. Treachery; deceit; perfidy; unfaithfulness.
    Betrayed by falsehood of his guard.
  4. A counterfeit; a false appearance; an imposture.
    For his molten image is falsehood.
    — Jer. x. 14.
    No falsehood can endure Touch of celestial temper.