truth
n 1: a fact that has been verified; "at last he knew the truth";
"the truth is the he didn't want to do it"
2: 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" [syn: {verity}] [ant: {falsity}]
3: a true statement; "he told the truth"; "he thought of
answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe
it" [syn: {true statement}] [ant: {falsehood}]
4: the quality of being accurate and without error; "the lawyer
questioned the accuracy of my account"; "he was beginning
to doubt the truth of his compass" [syn: {accuracy}] [ant:
{inaccuracy}]