資料來源 : pyDict
謊言,虛假
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Falsehood \False"hood\, n. [False + -hood]
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. --Fuller.
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. --Shak.
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.
--Milton.
Syn: Falsity; lie; untruth; fiction; fabrication. See
{Falsity}.
資料來源 : WordNet®
falsehood
n 1: a false statement [syn: {falsity}, {untruth}, {false
statement}] [ant: {truth}]
2: the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent
changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting
[syn: {falsification}]