validity

Validity is the quality of being correct or true.

(noun)

When a statement is true and has a lot of evidence backing it up, this is an example of a situation where the evidence supports the validity of the statement.

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See validity in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. validities

the state, quality, or fact of being valid in law or in argument, proof, authority, etc.

Origin: Fr validité < L validitas, strength

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