be·lie
[bih-lahy]
–verb (used with object), -lied, -ly·ing.
1. to show to be false; contradict: His trembling hands belied his calm voice.
2.to misrepresent: The newspaper belied the facts.
3.to act unworthily according to the standards of (a tradition, one’s ancestry, one’s faith, etc.).
4.Archaic . to lie about; slander.