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.

  1. derived from vērāx — “truthful, speaking truth
  2. derived from vērācitās — “truthfulness
  3. derived from veracitie
  4. borrowed from véracité

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. Something that is true

    Something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth.

  3. Agreement with the facts

    Agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision.

  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. Act of being exact and accurate.

    2. Correctness and carefulness in one's plan of action.

The neighborhood

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