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bearing false witness

adjective as in perjured

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Example Sentences

The fine for bearing false witness is twenty dollars and a buffalo.

The accusers were required to appear in person; and they were to receive a preliminary warning against bearing false witness.

The wicked sought to crush the innocent, as I believe, by bearing false witness, but the wicked has not triumphed.

But even though there were no law against libel, the commandment against bearing false witness holds in ethics.

I didn't stop to explain my bearing false witness, but dashed past her to the head of the stairs.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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