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Webster 1913 Edition
Untruth
Un-truth′
,Noun.
1.
The quality of being untrue; contrariety to truth; want of veracity; also, treachery; faithlessness; disloyalty.
Chaucer.
2.
That which is untrue; a false assertion; a falsehood; a lie; also, an act of treachery or disloyalty.
Shak.
Syn. – Lie; falsehood. See
Lie
. Webster 1828 Edition
Untruth
UNTRUTH
, n.1.
Contrariety to truth; falsehood.2.
Want of veracity.3.
Treachery; want of fidelity. Obs.4.
False assertion.No untruth can possibly avail the patron and defender long.