Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Falsehood

Falsehood , noun

[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. — Shakespeare
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