falsehood, n. inveracity, [untruthfulness]; [lie], fiction, [untruth], [mendacity], fabrication, canard.

false key. picklock.

false name. pseudonym, nom de plume. Associated words: pseudonymous, pseudonymity, pseudepigraphous pseudepigraphy.

false swearing. [perjury].

false writing. [forgery], pseudography, pseudograph.

falsification, n. counterfeiting, [forgery], falsifying; [misrepresentation], [distortion].

falsify, v. [misstate], [misrepresent], [garble], [distort], [pervert]; confute, [refute], [disprove].

falter, v. [hesitate], [tremble], [waver], [vacillate].

faltering, a. [wavering], hesitating.

faltering, n. [hesitation], [indecision], [wavering], [vacillation].