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veracity - 4 dictionary results

ve⋅rac⋅i⋅ty

[vuh-ras-i-tee]
–noun, plural -ties for 4.
1. habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness: He was not noted for his veracity.
2. conformity to truth or fact; accuracy: to question the veracity of his account.
3. correctness or accuracy, as of the senses or of a scientific instrument.
4. something veracious; a truth.

Origin:
1615–25; < ML vērācitās, equiv. to L vērāc- (s. of vērāx) true + -itās- -ity


1. honesty, integrity, credibility.
ve·rac·i·ty   (və-rās'ĭ-tē)   
n.   pl. ve·rac·i·ties
  1. Adherence to the truth; truthfulness. See Synonyms at truth.
  2. Conformity to fact or truth; accuracy or precision: a report of doubtful veracity.
  3. Something that is true.

[Medieval Latin vērācitās, from Latin vērāx, vērāc-, true; see veracious.]

Veracity

Ve*rac"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. v['e]racit['e].] The quality or state of being veracious; habitual observance of truth; truthfulness; truth; as, a man of veracity.

veracity 
1623, from Fr. véracité, from M.L. veracitatem (nom. veracitas) "truthfulness," from L. verax (gen. veracis) "truthful," from verus "true" (see very).
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