falsification : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: falsification	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for falsification
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
falsification n any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something Synonym(s): disproof, falsification, refutation a willful perversion of facts Synonym(s): falsification, misrepresentation the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting Synonym(s): falsification, falsehood the act of determining that something is false Synonym(s): falsification, falsifying, disproof, refutation, refutal
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Falsification \Fal`sifica"tion\, n. [Cf. F. falsification.] 1. The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not. To counterfeit the living image of king in his person exceedeth all falsifications. --Bacon. 2. Willful misstatement or misrepresentation. Extreme necessity . . . forced him upon this bold and violent falsification of the doctrine of the alliance. --Bp. Warburton. 3. (Equity) The showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong. --Story.