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ver⋅i⋅ty

  [ver-i-tee]
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–noun, plural -ties for 2.
1. the state or quality of being true; accordance with fact or reality: to question the verity of a statement.
2. something that is true, as a principle, belief, idea, or statement: the eternal verities.
Origin:
1325–75; ME < L vēritās, equiv. to vēr(us) true + -itās -ity
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ver·i·ty   (věr'ĭ-tē)   
n.   pl. ver·i·ties

  1. The quality or condition of being true, factual, or real.

  2. Something, such as a statement, principle, or belief, that is true, especially an enduring truth: "The mind once suddenly aware of a verity for the first time immediately invents it again" (Agnes Sligh Turnbull). See Synonyms at truth.


[Middle English verite, truth, from Old French, from Latin vēritās, from vērus, true; see wērə-o- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

verity 
c.1375, from Anglo-Fr. and O.Fr. verite "truth," from L. veritatem (nom. veritas) "truth, truthfulness," from verus "true" (see very). Mod.Fr. vérité, lit. "truth," borrowed 1966 as a term for naturalism or realism in film, etc.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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