untruth

n.

1. Something untrue; a lie.
2. The condition of being false; lack of truth.
3. Archaic. Unfaithfulness.

noun

1. An untrue declaration: canard, cock-and-bull story, falsehood, falsity, fib, fiction, inveracity, lie², misrepresentation, misstatement, prevarication, story, tale. Informal fish story, tall tale. Slang whopper. See true/false.
2. An erroneous or false idea: erroneousness, error, fallacy, falsehood, falseness, falsity. See correct/incorrect, true/false.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a false statement
  Synonyms: falsehood, falsity, false statement

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - usandhed

Nederlands (Dutch)
onwaarheid, ontrouw

Français (French)
n. - contre-vérité, inexactitude

Deutsch (German)
n. - Unwahrheit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αναλήθεια, ψευτιά

Italiano (Italian)
falsità

Português (Portuguese)
n. - mentira, falsidade

Русский (Russian)
неправда, неправильность

Español (Spanish)
n. - falsedad, mentira

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - oriktighet, osanning, lögn, lögnaktighet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
不真实, 谎言, 虚伪

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 不真實, 謊言, 虛偽

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 참되지 않음, 거짓

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 虚偽, 不真実, 偽り, 嘘

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كذب, تمويه الحقيقه, زيف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שקר‬

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