Fals'i-ty, n.
n. [Lat. falsitas, O. Fr. falsité, N. Fr. fausseté, Pr. falsetat, Sp. falsedad, Pg. falsidade, It. falsità.]
Sense 1. The quality of being false; contrariety or inconformity to truth.
Probability does not make any alteration, either in the truth or falsity of things. South.
Sense 2. Falsehood; a lie; a false assertion. Glanville.
Synonyms—Falsehood; lie; deceit.—FALSITY, FALSEHOOD, LIE. Falsity denotes the state or quality of being false. A falsehood is a false declaration designedly made. A lie is a gross, unblushing falsehood. It is a vulgar error to speak of “telling a falsity.” It is an equal error to say, “I perceive the falsehood of your declaration or statement.” The falsity of a person’s assertion may be proved by the evidence of others, and thus the charge of falsehood be fastened upon him.
Can you on him such falsities obtrude? And as a mortal the most wise delude? Sandys.
Artificer of fraud, he was the first That practiced falsehood under saintly show. Milton.