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Falsification

Falsification Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Falsification? [n] the act of determining that something is false [n] the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting [n] a willful perversion of facts [n] any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something Synonyms \| Synonyms for Falsification: disproof \| disproof \| falsehood \| falsifying \| misrepresentaation \| refutation \| refutation Related Terms \| Find terms related to Falsification: abstractionism \| coloring \| confabulation \| deformation \| distortion \| equivocation \| exaggeration \| expressionism \| false coloring \| false swearing \| falsifying \| garbling \| hyperbole \| inaccuracy \| injustice \| litotes \| miscoloring \| misconstruction \| misdrawing \| mispainting \| misquotation \| misreport \| misrepresentation \| misstatement \| misteaching \| nonrealism \| overdrawing \| overstatement \| perjury \| perversion \| prevarication \| slanting \| straining \| twisting \| understatement See Also \| actus reus \| confutation \| counterexample \| deceit \| deception \| determination \| dishonesty \| dissembling \| dissimulation \| distortion \| equivocation \| evidence \| fabrication \| finding \| forgery \| frame-up \| grounds \| knavery \| lying \| misconduct \| overrefinement \| prevarication \| reductio \| reductio ad absurdum \| setup \| sophistication \| straining \| tergiversation \| torture \| twisting \| wrongdoing \| wrongful conduct Falsification In Webster's Dictionary \Fal`sifica"tion\, n. [Cf. F. falsification.] 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.

Falsification Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Falsification?

[n] the act of determining that something is false
[n] the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting
[n] a willful perversion of facts
[n] any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something

Falsification In Webster's Dictionary

\Fal`si*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. falsification.]
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.

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