falsification
falsification is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Willful misstatement or misrepresentation. Extreme necessity . . . forced him upon this bold and violent falsification of the doctrine of the alliance. Bp. Warburton.
- 2.(Equity) The showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong. Story.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abuse
- anamorphosis
- away
- bad
- burlesque
- caricature
- catachresis
- coloring
- construction
- cross
- cross-reading
- daub
- daubing
- detort
- distort
- distortion
- exaggerate
- exaggeration
- explain
- false
- falsify
- garble
- give
- lampoon
- likeness
- lying
- meaning
- misacceptation
- misapplication
- misapply
- misapprehend
- misapprehension
- misconceive
- misconstruction
- misconstrue
- misinterpret
- misinterpretation
- misrepresent
- misrepresentation
- misspell
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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