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(noun) a fact that has been verified; "at last he knew the truth"; "the truth is the he didn't want to do it" |
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Related Words: fact, verity |
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(noun) a true statement; "he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it" |
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Synonyms: true statement |
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Related Words: gospel, gospel truth, statement, tautology, truism |
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Antonyms: falsehood |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: verity |
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Related Words: actuality |
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Antonyms: falsity |
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(noun) the quality of being accurate and without error; "the lawyer questioned the accuracy of my account"; "he was beginning to doubt the truth of his compass" |
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Synonyms: accuracy |
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Related Words: exactitude, exactness, fidelity, quality |
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