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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Falsification \Fal`si*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. falsification.] 1. The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not To counterfeit the living image of king in his person exceedeth all falsifications. --Bacon. 2. Willful misstatement or misrepresentation. Extreme necessity . . . forced him upon this bold and violent falsification of the doctrine of the alliance. --Bp. Warburton 3. (Equity) The showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong --Story. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: falsification n 1: any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something [syn: {disproof}, {refutation}] 2: a willful act of falsifying [syn: {misrepresentation}, {falsehood}] 3: the act of determining that something is false [syn: {falsifying}, {disproving}, {refuting}, {confuting}]
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