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Dictionary: ve·rac·i·ty   (və-răs'ĭ-tē) pronunciation
 
n., pl. -ties.
  1. Adherence to the truth; truthfulness. See synonyms at truth.
  2. Conformity to fact or truth; accuracy or precision: a report of doubtful veracity.
  3. Something that is true.

[Medieval Latin vērācitās, from Latin vērāx, vērāc-, true. See veracious.]


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noun

  1. Freedom from deceit or falseness: truth, truthfulness. See true/false.
  2. Correspondence with fact or truth: accuracy, correctness, exactitude, exactness, fidelity, truth, veraciousness, veridicality, verity. See true/false.

 
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n

Definition: truth
Antonyms: falsehood, falsity


 
Dental Dictionary: veracity
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(vəras′itē)
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Legal principle that states that a health professional should be honest and give full disclosure to the patient, abstain from misrepresentation or deceit, and report known lapses of the standards of care to the proper agencies.

 
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Honesty, truthfulness. See witness [character witness]. Compare credibility.

 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Truthfulness.

pronunciation Veracity is the heart of morality. — Homas Huxley (1825-1895).

 
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - sandhed, sanddruhed, sandfærdighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
eerlijkheid, de waarheid ziend, waarheid

Français (French)
n. - véracité

Deutsch (German)
n. - Aufrichtigkeit, Wahrheit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φιλ)αλήθεια, ειλικρίνεια

Italiano (Italian)
veritý

Português (Portuguese)
n. - veracidade (f)

Русский (Russian)
правдивость, достоверность, истина

Español (Spanish)
n. - veracidad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sannfärdighet, sanningsenlighet

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
说真实话, 诚实, 老实

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 說真實話, 誠實, 老實

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 진실을 말함, 성실, 정확성

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 正直, 誠実, 真実

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

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אמיתות, מהימנות, דיוק‬


 
 

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