verity
the state or quality of being true; accordance with fact or reality: to question the verity of a statement.
something that is true, as a principle, belief, idea, or statement: the eternal verities.
Origin of verity
1Words that may be confused with verity
- vérité, 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.
The Letters of Ambrose Bierce | Ambrose BierceAnd again—“Art should be an individual expression of the verities, an ardour that concedes nothing.”
Corot | Sidney AllnuttBut neither can we afford to dispense with the radical verities of Life and Nature which they recognised.
Impressions And Comments | Havelock EllisShe did not realise this vividly, but with the remoteness which all verities except those of sensation have for youth.
April Hopes | William Dean HowellsWith the verities of life and death so near to them, these young people were very serious, indeed.
Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross | Alice B. Emerson
British Dictionary definitions for verity
/ (ˈvɛrɪtɪ) /
the quality or state of being true, real, or correct
a true principle, statement, idea, etc; a truth or fact
Origin of verity
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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