lying

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These lyings in state were called by forced, unnatural names, Lit de Parade and Castrum doloris; I heard them so often that I learnt them and did not forget them.

From Recollections of My Childhood and Youth by Brandes, Georg Morris Cohen

He has developed a moral nature, made laws, and by the sheer force of his will and reason curbed his lyings and his lusts.

From The Kempton-Wace Letters by London, Jack