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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 testimonyplay

  Familiarity information: FALSE WITNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FALSE WITNESS (noun)


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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