Definition for FALS'I-TY

FALS'I-TY, n. [L. falsitas.]

  1. Contrariety or inconformity to truth; the quality of being false. Probability does not make any alteration, either in the truth or falsity of things. South.
  2. Falsehood; a lie; a false assertion. Glanville. [This sense is less proper.]

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