BEARING FALSE WITNESS Synonyms
There are 5 hypernyms of the phrase bearing false witness. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for BEARING FALSE WITNESS
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perjury | nounn | |||||||
noun • criminal offense of making false statements under oath | ||||||||
deceit | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being fraudulent • a misleading falsehood • the act of deceiving | ||||||||
deceitfulness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being deceitful | ||||||||
dishonesty | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being dishonest • lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing | ||||||||
fabrication | nounn | |||||||
noun • a deliberately false or improbable account • writing in a fictional form • the act of making something (a product) from raw materials • the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery) • the deliberate act of deviating from the truth | ||||||||
falsehood | nounn | |||||||
noun • a false statement • the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting | ||||||||
lying | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • the deliberate act of deviating from the truth | ||||||||
mendacity | nounn | |||||||
noun • the tendency to be untruthful | ||||||||
prevarication | nounn | |||||||
noun • a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth • intentionally vague or ambiguous • the deliberate act of deviating from the truth | ||||||||
untruth | nounn | |||||||
noun • a false statement | ||||||||
lying under oath | ||||||||
noun • criminal offense of making false statements under oath |