“+ noun
Etymology: Middle English untreuth, from Old English untrēowth, from un- (I) + trēowth truth
1. archaic : disloyalty , unfaithfulness
2. : lack of truthfulness : falsity
literary art may be associated with untruth — Aldous Huxley
3. : something that is untrue : falsehood , misstatement
motivated to cling to these childish untruths — Weston La Barre
told you untruths yesterday morning merely to cheer you up — Arnold Bennett