Crossword-Solution: FALSEHOOD
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Falsehood | n. | Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity. |
| Falsehood | n. | A deliberate intentional assertion of what is known to be untrue; a departure from moral integrity; a lie. |
| Falsehood | n. | Treachery; deceit; perfidy; unfaithfulness. |
| Falsehood | n. | A counterfeit; a false appearance; an imposture. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with FALSEHOOD (5)
Even thus much of truth would save me! But now, it is all falsehood!—all emptiness!—all death!” Hester Prynne looked into his face, but hesitated to speak.
Death is so genuine a fact that it excludes falsehood, or betrays its emptiness; it is a touchstone that proves the gold, and dishonors the baser metal.
Yet he acknowledges that riches have the advantage of placing men above the temptation to dishonesty or falsehood.
Policeman!—and if father can stand there and hear me accused of falsehood and thieving, and my own bedroom shut against me, and my character taken away, which is all a poor girl has left, he’s not the good father I take him for!” A timely word from me put Justice and Penelope on a pleasanter footing together.
That he should never have been able to indulge so amiable a feeling before, passed suspiciously through Emma’s brain; but still, if it were a falsehood, it was a pleasant one, and pleasantly handled.
Quotes with FALSEHOOD (3)
The first and most important field of philosophy is the application of principles such as “Do not lie.” Next come the proofs, such as why we should not lie. The third field supports and articulates the proofs, by asking, for example, “How does this prove it? What exactly is a proof, what is logical inference, what is contradiction, what is truth, what is falsehood?” Thus, the third field is necessary because of the second, and the second because of the first. The most importa…
For where is the man that has incontestable evidence of the truth of all that he holds, or of the falsehood of all he condemns; or can say that he has examined to the bottom all his own, or other men's opinions? The necessity of believing without knowledge, nay often upon very slight grounds, in this fleeting state of action and blindness we are in, should make us more busy and careful to inform ourselves than constrain others.
You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.
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Appears in: Newsday, NYT, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (2000–2021).