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truth (enc)

Truth

Noun1.truth - a fact that has been verified; "at last he knew the truth"; "the truth is the he didn't want to do it"
fact - a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; "first you must collect all the facts of the case"
home truth - an important truth that is unpleasant to acknowledge (as about yourself)
verity - an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth
2.truth - conformity to reality or actuality; "they debated the truth of the proposition"; "the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat"; "he was famous for the truth of his portraits"; "he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities"
actuality - the state of actually existing objectively; "a hope that progressed from possibility to actuality"
falseness, falsity - the state of being false or untrue; "argument could not determine its truth or falsity"
3.truth - a true statement; "he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it"
statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day"
gospel truth, gospel - an unquestionable truth; "his word was gospel"
tautology - (logic) a statement that is necessarily true; "the statement `he is brave or he is not brave' is a tautology"
truism - an obvious truth
false statement, falsehood, untruth, falsity - a false statement
4.truth - the quality of nearness to the truth or the true value; "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account"
quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
exactitude, exactness - the quality of being exact; "he demanded exactness in all details"; "a man of great exactitude"
fidelity - accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal
5.Truth - United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883)
abolitionist, emancipationist - a reformer who favors abolishing slavery

 

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