veracity

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Related terms 1.2.3 Translations 1.2.4 External links

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French veracitie < Mediaeval Latin veracitas (“‘truthfulness’”) < Latin verax (“‘truthful, speaking truth’”) < verus (“‘true, real’”); see very.

[edit] Noun

veracity (countable and uncountable; plural veracities)

1. (uncountable) Truthfulness
2. (countable) Something that is true
3. (uncountable) Accuracy or precision
4. act of being exact and accurate.
5. correctness and carefulness in one's plan of action.

[edit] Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:veracity

[edit] Related terms

• veracious
• verifiable
• verification
• verify
• veritable
• verity

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• veracity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• veracity in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911