veracity
Plural: veracities
Noun
- Conformity to facts; accuracy; truthfulness.
- unwillingness to tell lies
- The quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness.
- Something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth.
- Agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision.
- Act of being exact and accurate.
- Correctness and carefulness in one's plan of action.
Examples
- The VERACITY of his claimed word was immediately challenged by his skeptical opponent.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French véracité, from Old French veracitie, from Medieval Latin vērācitās (“truthfulness”), from Latin vērāx (“truthful, speaking truth”), from vērus (“true, real”). See very.
Synonyms
candor, for more, frankness, honesty, sincereness, sincerity, truthfulness, veraciousness, veracity, veridicality
Antonyms
mendacity, cunning, dishonesty, falseness, travesty, untruthfulness
Scrabble Score: 16
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