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noun, plural truths 
[troothz, trooths] .
Idiom [troothz, trooths] . 1.
the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.
2.
conformity with fact or reality; verity: the truth of a statement.
3.
a verified or indisputable fact, proposition, principle, or the like: mathematical truths.
4.
the state or character of being true.
5.
EXPANDactuality or actual existence.
6.
an obvious or accepted fact; truism; platitude.
7.
honesty; integrity; truthfulness.
8.
(often initial capital letter) ideal or fundamental reality apart from and transcending perceived experience: the basic truths of life.
9.
agreement with a standard or original.
10.
accuracy, as of position or adjustment.
11.
COLLAPSEArchaic. fidelity or constancy.
12.
in truth, in reality; in fact; actually: In truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire.
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Truthlessness
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Origin:
before 900; Middle English treuthe, Old English trēowth (cognate with Old Norse tryggth faith). See true, -th1
before 900; Middle English treuthe, Old English trēowth (cognate with Old Norse tryggth faith). See true, -th1
Related forms
truth·less, adjective
truth·less·ness, noun
mis·truth, noun
non·truth, noun
Synonyms
1. fact. 2. veracity. 7. sincerity, candor, frankness. 10. precision, exactness.
1. fact. 2. veracity. 7. sincerity, candor, frankness. 10. precision, exactness.
Antonyms
1. falsehood. 2, 4, 7. falsity.
1. falsehood. 2, 4, 7. falsity.
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Word Origin & History
truth
O.E. triewð (W.Saxon), treowð (Mercian) "faithfulness, quality of being true," from triewe, treowe "faithful" (see true). Meaning "accuracy, correctness" is from 1560s. Unlike lie (v.), there is no primary verb in English or most other IE languages
EXPANDfor "speak the truth." Noun sense of "something that is true" is first recorded mid-14c.
COLLAPSE
"Let [Truth] and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter." [Milton, "Areopagitica," 1644]Truth squad in U.S. political sense first attested 1952. Truthiness "act or quality of preferring concepts or facts one wishes to be true, rather than those known to be true," catch word popularized in this sense by U.S. comedian Stephen Colbert, declared by American Dialect Society to be "2005 Word of the Year."
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