falsification Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
    disproof; refutation.
  2. noun a willful perversion of facts
    misrepresentation.
  3. noun the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting
    falsehood.
  4. noun the act of determining that something is false
    refutal; falsifying; disproof; refutation.

WordNet

Fal`si*fi*ca"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. falsification.
Definitions
  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 1913