verity

(vĕr'ĭ-tē)
n., pl., -ties.

1. The quality or condition of being true, factual, or real.
2. Something, such as a statement, principle, or belief, that is true, especially an enduring truth: "The mind once suddenly aware of a verity for the first time immediately invents it again" (Agnes Sligh Turnbull). See synonyms at truth.

[Middle English verite, truth, from Old French, from Latin vēritās, from vērus, true.]

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noun

Correspondence with fact or truth: accuracy, correctness, exactitude, exactness, fidelity, truth, veraciousness, veracity, veridicality. See true/false.

For a list of words related to verity, see:

• Enlightenment, Truth, and the Unknowable - verity: state of being eternally and fundamentally true or necessary; something that is true, as a principle, belief, or idea

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - sandhed, sanddruhed

Nederlands (Dutch)
waarheid, echtheid, eerlijkheid

Français (French)
n. - vérité

Deutsch (German)
n. - Wahrheit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αλήθεια, ανταπόκριση στην πραγματικότητα

Italiano (Italian)
veritý

Português (Portuguese)
n. - verdade (f), realidade (f)

Русский (Russian)
правда, правильность, честность

Español (Spanish)
n. - verdad, realidad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sanning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
真实, 真理, 事实

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 真實, 真理, 事實

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 진실성, 진실의 진술, 사실

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 真実の陳述, 真理, 真実

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حقيقه, صدق, صحه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אמת, אמיתה, אמיתיות‬

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