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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy;

as, the

falseness

of a report, a drawing, or a singer’s notes; the

falseness

of a man, or of his word.

Noun.

fols'ness.

Want of integrity and veracity, either in principle or in act; as the falseness of a man's heart, or his falseness to his word.

Duplicity; deceit; double-dealing.

Unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; traitorousness.

The prince is in no danger of being betrayed by the falseness, or cheated by the avarice of such a servant.