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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FALSENESS, n. fols'ness.
1. Want of integrity and veracity, either in principle or in act; as the falseness of a man's heart, or his falseness to his word.
2. Duplicity; deceit; double-dealing.
3. Unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; traitorousness.
The prince is in no danger of being betrayed by the falseness, or cheated by the avarice of such a servant.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the state of being false or untrue; "argument could not determine its truth or falsity" [syn: falsity, falseness] [ant: the true, trueness, truth, verity]
2: unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous [syn: faithlessness, falseness, fickleness, inconstancy]
3: the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical [syn: insincerity, falseness, hollowness] [ant: sincerity]

Merriam Webster's

noun see false I

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Falseness False"ness, n. The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; as, the falseness of a report, a drawing, or a singer's notes; the falseness of a man, or of his word.

Moby Thesaurus

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