verity

n 1: 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: {truth}] [ant:

{falsity}]

2: an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic

truth