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false witness

false witness noun: a perjurer; a deceptive or misleading witness.

Noun

false witness (usually uncountable, plural false witnesses)

  1. (countable, usually) A perjurer; a deceptive or misleading witness.
  2. (countable, uncountable, usually) Deceptive public statements.
    • Near-synonyms: slander, calumny, libel, defamation, lying, lie
    • to bear false witness

false witness meaning in Tamil and Telugu

false witness in Tamil

பொய்ச்சாட்சி, கெளடசாட்சி

false witness in Telugu

false witness
అపసాక్షి apasākṣi, కూటసాక్షి kūṭasākṣi

Synonyms of false witness

Forms of false witness

pluralfalse witnesses

Questions about false witness

What does false witness mean?
False witness means a perjurer; a deceptive or misleading witness.
What is false witness in Tamil?
False witness in Tamil is பொய்ச்சாட்சி, கெளடசாட்சி. See False witness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is false witness?
False witness is a noun.
What is the plural of false witness?
The plural of false witness is false witnesses.

Words near false witness in the dictionary

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  2. false violin spider
  3. false violin spiders
  4. false widow
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  6. false witness
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  8. false works
  9. false-flag
  10. false-flagger
  11. false-flaggers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: false witness (page history and authors); false witness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); అపసాక్షి (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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