veracity
noun
habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness.
veracities
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pluralof veracity.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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We must wake up to the iron veracities of this war," he wrote, "and then face them not merely without flinching but with redoubled energy of will and effort.
From Time Magazine Archive
A man of Scotch type; the broad accent, with its sagacities, veracities, with its steadfastly fixed moderation, and its sly twinkles of defensive humor, is still audible to us through the foreign wrappages.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 16 by Thomas Carlyle
You can prevent this!—you can prevent it by a single falsehood, which in this case will be more pleasing to God than a thousand mischievous veracities!
From Temporal Power by Marie Corelli
There is a bracing quality about family criticism, if we are strong enough to bear its veracities.
From Americans and Others by Agnes Repplier
It needed the chill veracities of the small hours to bring him to that.
From The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
