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as in infidelity
lack of faithfulness especially to one's husband or wife
so that their love would never know a moment of falseness, Thomas Jefferson promised his dying wife that he would never remarry
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as in betrayal
the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another
she could not believe that her so-called best friend could ever be guilty of such falseness
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as in deception
the quality or state of being false
the falseness of your reasoning is so blatant that it's no wonder you reached that absurd conclusion
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Following the news breaking, rumors of infidelity on both sides began circulating on social media.
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The Apartment is a daring dissection of toxicity in the story of an insurance clerk (Jack Lemmon) who lets his co-workers use his apartment to support their infidelity.
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The videos feature anthropomorphic fruits navigating absurdist romantic betrayals.
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But as the inmate and his fellow prisoners journey into the wilderness, the real threat isn’t the trek, but the betrayal and violence festering within their ranks.
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So, that's a kind of deception.
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The county argues the grand jury fundamentally misunderstood what happened before the explosion, saying its investigation relied on speculation instead of evidence and wrongly blamed county officials for a criminal enterprise prosecutors say was built on years of deception.
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The filings alleged adultery as the reason behind the divorce.
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Public opinion is against adultery.
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This is not treachery but the truest and noblest affection.
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Peacock’s adventures in treachery The Traitors was the top dog, scoring five prizes including Best Competition Series and Best Host for Alan Cumming.
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Of course, the retort is that this would be irritating and exasperating to be continually deluged with alerts about AI deceptiveness.
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Beyond the deceptiveness of the narrow material view, spiritual light and hope are always present to be found and felt.
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If the landing had been faked, the Soviets would have figured it out and would have loved to reveal to the world America’s perfidy.
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Years ago, during his first term, Trump was lamenting the perfidy of his first Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, the former Alabama senator.
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For example, French Marshal Henri Petain was showered with ticker tape in 1931 and later convicted of treason for heading the Vichy government that collaborated with the Nazis during World War II.
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War complicates the domestic front, turning any dissent into treason.
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“Falseness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falseness. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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