falsehood

n.

1. An untrue statement; a lie.
2. The practice of lying.
3. Lack of conformity to truth or fact; inaccuracy.

noun

1. An untrue declaration: canard, cock-and-bull story, falsity, fib, fiction, inveracity, lie², misrepresentation, misstatement, prevarication, story, tale, untruth. Informal fish story, tall tale. Slang whopper. See true/false.
2. An erroneous or false idea: erroneousness, error, fallacy, falseness, falsity, untruth. See correct/incorrect, true/false.
3. The practice of lying: inveracity, mendacity, perjury, truthlessness, untruthfulness. See true/false.

n

Definition: lie
Antonyms: truth

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IN BRIEF: A lie or the telling of lies.

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage. — Hosea Ballou (1771-1852).

Dansk (Danish)
n. - usandhed, løgn, løgnagtighed, falsk påstand

Nederlands (Dutch)
onwaarheid, leugen, leugenachtigheid

Français (French)
n. - faux, mensonge

Deutsch (German)
n. - Unwahrheit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ψεύδος

Italiano (Italian)
falsità, bugia, menzogna

Português (Portuguese)
n. - falsidade (f)

Русский (Russian)
ложь, неправда

Español (Spanish)
n. - falsedad, mentira

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - lögn

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
谎言, 虚假

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 謊言, 虛假

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 허위, 거짓말

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 虚偽, 誤り, うそ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كذب , كذبه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כזב, שקרנות, שקר‬

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