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Webster 1913 Edition


Falsification

Falˊsi-fi-ca′tion

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
falsification
.]
1.
The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.
To counterfeit the living image of king in his person exceedeth all
falsifications
.
Bacon.
2.
Willful misstatement or misrepresentation.
Extreme necessity . . . forced him upon this bold and violent
falsification
of the doctrine of the alliance.
Bp. Warburton.
3.
(Equity)
The showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong.
Story.

Webster 1828 Edition


Falsification

FALSIFICA'TION

,
Noun.
1.
The act of making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not; as the falsification of words.
2.
Confutation.

Definition 2024


falsification

falsification

English

Noun

falsification (countable and uncountable, plural falsifications)

  1. the act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not
  2. knowingly false statement or wilful misrepresentation
  3. showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fal.si.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/

Noun

falsification f (plural falsifications)

  1. falsification

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