Fab`ri*ca"tion (?), 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.
2. That which is fabricated; a falsehood; as,
the story is doubtless a fabrication.
Syn. -- See Fiction.