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truth definition
truth (tro̵̅o̅t̸h)
noun pl. truths (tro̵̅o̅t̸hz, tro̵̅o̅t̸hs)
- the quality or state of being true; specif.,
- Obsolete loyalty; trustworthiness
- sincerity; genuineness; honesty
- the quality of being in accordance with experience, facts, or reality; conformity with fact
- reality; actual existence
- agreement with a standard, rule, etc.; correctness; accuracy
- that which is true; statement, etc. that accords with fact or reality
- an established or verified fact, principle, etc.
- a particular belief or teaching regarded by the speaker as the true one: often with the
truth Idioms
in truth
truly; in fact
of a truth
certainly
Truth definition
Truth (tro̵̅o̅t̸h)
Truth,
Sojourner (sō′jʉr′nər) (orig. a slave called Isabella) 1797?-1883; U.S. abolitionist & women's-rights advocate
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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