truth

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

(noun)

An example of truth is someone giving their real age.

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See truth in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. truths

  1. 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
  2. that which is true; statement, etc. that accords with fact or reality
  3. an established or verified fact, principle, etc.
  4. 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)
  1. Conformity to fact or actuality.
  2. A statement proven to be or accepted as true.
  3. Sincerity; integrity.
  4. Fidelity to an original or standard.
  5. 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

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, 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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Sojourner Truth

photographed c. 1864

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