False"hood (?), n.
[False + - hood]
1. Want of truth
or accuracy; an untrue assertion or representation; error;
misrepresentation; falsity.
Though it be
a lie in the clock, it
is but a falsehood in the hand of the dial when
pointing at a wrong hour,
if rightly following the direction of the wheel which moveth it.
Fuller. 2. A deliberate intentional assertion
of what is known to be untrue; a departure from moral integrity; a lie.
3.
Treachery; deceit;
perfidy; unfaithfulness.
Betrayed by falsehood of his guard.
Shak. 4. A counterfeit; a false appearance; an imposture.
For his molten image is falsehood.
Jer. x. 14. No falsehood can endure
Touch of celestial temper.
Milton. Syn. -- Falsity; lie; untruth; fiction; fabrication. See Falsity.
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