Falsification /(?)/

Fal·si·fi·ca·tion

Falsification

n.
  1. The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.
    To counterfeit the living image of king in his person exceedeth all falsifications.
  2. Willful misstatement or misrepresentation.
    Extreme necessity . . . forced him upon this bold and violent falsification of the doctrine of the alliance.
    — Bp. Warburton.
  3. The showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong. (Equity)