untruth

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UNTRUTH, noun 1. Contrariety to truth; falsehood. 2. Want of veracity. 3. Treachery; want of fidelity. obsolete 4. False assertion. No untruth can possibly avail the patron and defender long.
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