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inveracity

[in-vuh-ras-i-tee] / ˌɪn vəˈræs ɪ ti /
NOUN
lie
Synonyms
WEAK
aspersion backbiting calumniation calumny canard cock-and-bull story deceit deception defamation detraction dishonesty disinformation distortion evasion fable fabrication falsehood falseness falsification falsity fib fiction forgery fraudulence guile hyperbole inaccuracy invention libel mendacity misrepresentation misstatement myth obloquy perjury prevarication revilement reviling slander story subterfuge tale tall story untruth vilification white lie whopper

Example Sentences

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Doubtless it is sent upon us for our sins; but had we not already a plague of inveracity?

From The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 by Howes, S. O. (Silas Orrin)

Such explanation implies an inveracity which it is not necessary to impute.

From An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals by Leffingwell, Albert

We need to remember, however, that inaccuracy by no means connotes inveracity.

From An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals by Leffingwell, Albert

He Himself is Sanctity, Truth, and Love; and the three offences against His Majesty are impurity, inveracity, and cruelty.

From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by Newman, John Henry

His principal qualification is a degree of plausible inveracity next below that of an ambassador.

From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose

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