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ve·rac·i·ty

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–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 vérācitās, equiv. to L vérāc- (s. of vérāx) true + -itās- -ity

]

—Synonyms 1. honesty, integrity, credibility.

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n. pl. ve·rac·i·ties

Adherence to the truth; truthfulness. See Synonyms at truth.
Conformity to fact or truth; accuracy or precision: a report of doubtful veracity.
Something that is true.

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

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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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veracity
noun
unwillingness to tell lies [ant: mendacity]

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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.

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