Fabrication (?), n. [L. fabricatio; cf. F. fabrication.] 1. The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government. Burke.
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2. That which is fabricated; a falsehood; as, the story is doubtless a fabrication.

Syn. -- See Fiction.
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