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FALSE WITNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does false witness mean?
• FALSE WITNESS (noun)
The noun FALSE WITNESS has 1 sense:
1. a person who deliberately gives false testimony
Familiarity information: FALSE WITNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who deliberately gives false testimony
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
false witness; perjurer
Hypernyms ("false witness" is a kind of...):
liar; prevaricator (a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly)
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