Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FALSIFICATION

n. 1. The act of making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not; as the falsification of words.
2. Confutation.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FALSIFICATION

Fal `si *fi *ca "tion, n. Etym: [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 )

 

Defn: The showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong. Story.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

falsification

fal si fi ca tion |ˌfôlsəfəˈkāSHən fɔːlsɪfɪˈkeɪʃn | ▶noun the action of falsifying information or a theory: an investigation into fraud and the falsification of records.

 

Oxford Dictionary

falsification

falsification |ˌfɔːlsɪfɪˈkeɪʃ (ə )n, ˌfɒls -| ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action of falsifying information or a theory: an investigation into fraud and the falsification of records.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

falsification

falsification noun the illegal falsification of records: forgery, counterfeiting, fabrication, invention, alteration, changing, doctoring, distortion, manipulation, manipulating, tampering, fudging, adulteration, debasement, perversion, corruption, misrepresentation, misapplication; rare vitiation.

 

French Dictionary

falsification

falsification n. f. nom féminin Action de modifier en vue de tromper; son résultat. : La falsification d ’un passeport.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

falsification

fal si fi ca tion /fɔ̀ːlsɪfɪkéɪʃ (ə )n /名詞 C U (書類などの )改ざん, 偽造 ; 事実の歪曲 ; 誤り [虚偽 ]の証明 .