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
But my business is only to state veracities and necessities; I neither look for the acceptance of the one, nor hope for the nearness of the other.
From The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing by John Ruskin
For who had thought before her of making women's stitches write or paint a great historical event, crowded with homely details which now are dubbed archaeological veracities?
From In and out of Three Normady Inns by Anna Bowman Dodd
There is a bracing quality about family criticism, if we are strong enough to bear its veracities.
From Americans and Others by Agnes Repplier
But my business is only to state veracities and necessities; I neither look for the acceptance of the one, nor promise anything for the nearness of the other.
From Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy by John Ruskin
