\False"hood\, n. [False + -hood]
1. Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or
   representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity.
         Though it be a lie in the clock, it is but a
         falsehood in the hand of the dial when pointing at a
         wrong hour, if rightly following the direction of
         the wheel which moveth it.            --Fuller.
2. A deliberate intentional assertion of what is known to be
   untrue; a departure from moral integrity; a lie.
3. Treachery; deceit; perfidy; unfaithfulness.
         Betrayed by falsehood of his guard.   --Shak.
4. A counterfeit; a false appearance; an imposture.
         For his molten image is falsehood.    --Jer. x. 14.
         No falsehood can endure Touch of celestial temper.
                                               --Milton.
Syn: Falsity; lie; untruth; fiction; fabrication. See
     {Falsity}.