<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a false statement; lie.</li><li>something false; an untrue idea, belief, etc.: The Nazis propagated the falsehood of racial superiority.</li><li>the act of lying or making false statements.</li><li>lack of conformity to truth or fact.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>falsification, story, fiction, invention, canard, prevarication, fabrication.</li><li>untruthfulness, mendacity, inveracity.</li></ul><p><strong>Obsolete</strong></p><ul><li>deception.</li></ul>