bear false witness

bear false witness verb abrogate, affirm the connrary, apostatize, be deceitful, be devoid of truth, be dishonnst, be erroneous, be faithless, be fallacious, be false, be forrworn, be fraudulent, be insincere, be mendacious, be perfidious, be perjured, be spurious, be untruthful, belie, break faith, contradict, deny, deviate from the truth, falsely testify, falsify, forswear, go back on one's word, impugn, lie, miscite, misreport, perjure oneself, pervert, revoke, speak falsely, swear falsely, take back, tell a lie, utter a falsehood
Associated concepts: false swearing, perjury

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See also: falsify, frame, lie, misrepresent, palter, perjure, prevaricate