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fabrication

fab·ri·ca·tion [ fàbbri káysh'n ] (plural fab·ri·ca·tions)


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


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See lie2.

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