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Definition of Bearing false witness
1. Noun. Criminal offense of making false statements under oath.
Generic synonyms: Infraction, Infringement, Misdemeanor, Misdemeanour, Violation
Derivative terms: Perjure
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bearing False Witness
Literary usage of Bearing false witness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Four Leading Doctrines of the New Church: Signified by the New Jerusalem by Emanuel Swedenborg (1873)
"BY bearing false witness, in a natural sense, is not only meant to act in the
character of a false witness, but also to lie and to defame. ..."
2. Sermons by Hobart Caunter (1836)
"ON bearing false witness. EXODUS, CHAP. xx. VERSE 16. Thou shall not bear false
witness against thy neighbour. IT will be observed that these words, ..."
3. The Swedenborg Library by Emanuel Swedenborg (1880)
"By bearing false witness, in the natural gense , is meant not only to act in the
character of a false witness, but also to lie and defame. ..."
4. Three Counsels of the Divine Master for the Conduct of the Spiritual Life by Edward Meyrick Goulburn (1888)
"The extreme form of the sin denounced by this Commandment is the bearing false
witness against our neighbour in a court of justice. ..."
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