untruth Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a false statement
    falsehood; falsity.

WordNet


Un*truth" noun
Definitions
  1. The quality of being untrue; contrariety to truth; want of veracity; also, treachery; faithlessness; disloyalty. Chaucer.
  2. That which is untrue; a false assertion; a falsehood; a lie; also, an act of treachery or disloyalty. Shak. Syn. -- Lie; falsehood. See Lie.

Webster 1913