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ring of truth

noun

Definitions

  1. The impression of being truthful

    The impression of being truthful; especially of a statement or literary work; verisimilitude.

    • At first I wasn't even sure I could believe the story, but I later felt it had a ring of truth to it.
    • I am too well accustomed to the taking of evidence not to detect the ring of truth.
    • She could hear the ring of truth in young Dawnish's voice.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ring of truth. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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