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fabrication
fabrication [ fábbri káysh'n ] (plural fabrications)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. deliberately untrue account: an invented statement, story, or account devised with intent to deceive
The story is a complete fabrication.
2. concocting lies: the act of making up or falsifying something
his fabrication of documents
3. act of making something: the construction of something, or something that has been constructed or made

Word Key: Synonyms

See lie2.
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