verity

ver·i·ty  (vr-t)

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.

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[Middle English verite, truth, from Old French, from Latin vrits, from vrus, true; see wr-o- in Indo-European roots.]

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verity

Noun

pl -ties a true statement or principle [Latin verus true]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	verity - 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" the true, trueness, truth actuality - the state of actually existing objectively; "a hope that progressed from possibility to actuality"
	2.	verity - an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth truth - a fact that has been verified; "at last he knew the truth"; "the truth is that he didn't want to do it"