Sentence:  <WSD>"Mendacity</WSD>" is not a uniform offence: it changes its colour according to the nature and substance of the offence to which it is rendered or endeavoured to be rendered subservient. <WSD>"Mendacity</WSD>", employed in drawing down upon an innocent head the destroying sword of justice, is "murder": murder, encompassed with all its correspondent terror. <WSD>"Mendacity</WSD>", employed in the obtainment of money, is but "depredation". Yet, while "predatory" <WSD>mendacity</WSD> is punished with death, the punishment for the "murderous" <WSD>mendacity</WSD> is in comparison but a flea-bite. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty.