1.
[syn: falsehood, falsity, untruth]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Untruth \Un*truth"\, n.
1. The quality of being untrue; contrariety to truth; want of
veracity; also, treachery; faithlessness; disloyalty.
--Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
2. That which is untrue; a false assertion; a falsehood; a
lie; also, an act of treachery or disloyalty. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Lie; falsehood. See Lie.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
untruth
n 1: a false statement [syn: falsehood, falsity, untruth]
[ant: true statement, truth]