| verb | make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story |
| verb | form into a spiral shape “The cord is all twisted” |
| verb | twist and press out of shape |
| verb | affect as in thought or feeling “My personal feelings color my judgment in this case” |
| verb | alter the shape of (something) by stress “His body was deformed by leprosy” |
| falsification | noun | a willful perversion of facts |
| falsity | noun | the state of being false or untrue |
| falsifier | noun | someone who falsifies |
| distortion | noun | a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal) |
| warp | noun | a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting |
| warping | noun | a moral or mental distortion |
| twist | noun | a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight |
| contortion | noun | a tortuous and twisted shape or position |
| deformation | noun | alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it |
| strain | noun | injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain |