truth

Truth is something that has been proven by facts or sincerity.

(noun)

An example of truth is someone giving their real age.

See truth in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. truths

the quality or state of being true; specif.,
1. Obsolete loyalty; trustworthiness
2. sincerity; genuineness; honesty
3. the quality of being in accordance with experience, facts, or reality; conformity with fact
4. reality; actual existence
5. agreement with a standard, rule, etc.; correctness; accuracy
that which is true; statement, etc. that accords with fact or reality
an established or verified fact, principle, etc.
a particular belief or teaching regarded by the speaker as the true one: often with the

Origin: ME treuthe < OE treowth: see true & -th

Truth, Sojourner (orig. a slave called Isabella) 1797?-1883; U.S. abolitionist & women's-rights advocate

See truth in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. truths truths (tro͞oÞz, tro͞oths)

Conformity to fact or actuality.
A statement proven to be or accepted as true.
Sincerity; integrity.
Fidelity to an original or standard.
a. Reality; actuality.
b. often Truth That which is considered to be the supreme reality and to have the ultimate meaning and value of existence.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English trewthe, loyalty

Origin: , from Old English trēowth; see deru- in Indo-European roots

, Sojourner 1797?-1883.

American abolitionist and feminist. Born into slavery, she escaped in 1827 and became a leading preacher against slavery and for the rights of women.

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