n. 25B6; noun
a patent untruth : LIE, falsehood, fib, fabrication, invention, falsification, cock-and-bull story, half-truth, exaggeration; story, myth, piece of fiction; informal tall story, fairy tale, whopper; Brit. informal porky (pie).
the total untruth of the story : FALSITY, falsehood, falseness, untruthfulness, fallaciousness, fictitiousness; fabrication, dishonesty, deceit, deceitfulness.