veracity
noun/vəˈɹæ.sɪ.ti/UK/vəˈɹæ.sə.ti/US
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.
Definitions
The quality of speaking or stating the truth
The quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness.
- Of course if you don't accept Conway's story, it means that you doubt either his veracity or his sanity—one may as well be frank.
Something that is true
Something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth.
Agreement with the facts
Agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision.
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Act of being exact and accurate.
Correctness and carefulness in one's plan of action.
The neighborhood
- synonymveraciousness
- synonymveridicality
- synonymfor more
- synonymcandor
- synonymfrankness
- synonymhonesty
- synonymsincereness
- synonymsincerity
- synonymtruthfulness
- synonymveracity
- antonymcunning
- antonymdishonesty
- antonymfalseness
- antonymmendacity
- antonymtravesty
- antonymuntruthfulness
- neighborpost-truth
- neighborhonest
- neighbortruth
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for veracity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA