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What does falsehood mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word falsehood? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (uncountable) The property of being false.
  2. (countable) A false statement, especially an intentional one; a lie
  3. (archaic, rare) Mendacity, deceitfulness; the trait of a person who is mendacious and deceitful.
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They had no weight or influence in society to convince them of any falsehood that it would replace what was true.
Secondly Mr Hobbs submits that in an action for malicious falsehood recovery of damages is permitted even where there is no loss of reputation.
Existence in the real world is just not possible without an occasional fib or an expertly timed falsehood.
He initiated this possibility by manipulating versions of the liar's paradox with zigzag graphs of truth and falsehood states.
But even if he knowingly told a falsehood simply to get more credibility, that would be serious professional misconduct.
But he is given immunity for the deliberate, wilful telling of a falsehood.

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