verity

[ ver-i-tee ]
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noun,plural ver·i·ties for 2.
  1. the state or quality of being true; accordance with fact or reality: to question the verity of a statement.

  2. something that is true, as a principle, belief, idea, or statement: the eternal verities.

Origin of verity

1
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, from Latin vēritās, from vēr(us) “true” + -itās -ity

Words that may be confused with verity

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How to use verity in a sentence

  • Direct and painful verities were best tolerated by the reading public when exhibited as instances of the workings of natural law.

  • And again—“Art should be an individual expression of the verities, an ardour that concedes nothing.”

    Corot | Sidney Allnutt
  • But neither can we afford to dispense with the radical verities of Life and Nature which they recognised.

    Impressions And Comments | Havelock Ellis
  • She did not realise this vividly, but with the remoteness which all verities except those of sensation have for youth.

    April Hopes | William Dean Howells
  • With the verities of life and death so near to them, these young people were very serious, indeed.

British Dictionary definitions for verity

verity

/ (ˈvɛrɪtɪ) /


nounplural -ties
  1. the quality or state of being true, real, or correct

  2. a true principle, statement, idea, etc; a truth or fact

Origin of verity

1
C14: from Old French vérité, from Latin vēritās, from vērus true

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