veracity

American  

[vuh-ras-i-tee] / vəˈræs ɪ ti /

noun

• veracities
  plural

1. habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness.

   He was not noted for his veracity.

   Synonyms:

   credibility, integrity, honesty

2. conformity to truth or fact; accuracy.

   to question the veracity of his account.

3. correctness or accuracy, as of the senses or of a scientific instrument.

4. something veracious; a truth.

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veracity British  

/ vɛˈræsɪtɪ /

noun

1. truthfulness or honesty, esp when consistent or habitual

2. precision; accuracy

3. something true; a truth

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• nonveracity
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• veracities
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of veracity

First recorded in 1615–25; from Medieval Latin vērācitās, from Latin vērāc-, stem of vērāx “true” + -itās -ity

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Explanation

The word veracity means truthfulness or accuracy. If you question the veracity of your friend's story about being invited to tea at Buckingham Palace, you wonder whether it's true. At a legal trial, witnesses must swear to the veracity of their testimony, promising that everything they say will be the truth and nothing but the truth. Veracity shares the Latin root verus, "truth," with words including verify, "confirm the truth of," and veritable, "true or real."

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

veracity veracities

She denies wrongdoing, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation questioned the veracity of the felon’s account and closed its inquiry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Did it make you doubt the veracity of the Rams’ championship claim?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Smith, for his part, is dubious about the veracity of the ransom notes - and believes Guthrie was ferreted down to Mexico where she could more easily be kept out of sight.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

Ross has been entrusted to judge others’ veracity, yet her own candor is in question.

From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2026

Participants read assertions whose veracity was either affirmed or denied by the subsequent presentation of an assessment word.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

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

Had his own life been pure, had his own daily conduct been grounding itself on the clear pavements or actual beliefs and veracities, would he have let his Home Offices come to such a pass?

From Latter-Day Pamphlets by Thomas Carlyle

But if you go on into the veracities of the school of Clay, you will find there is something at the roots of almond and apple trees, which is—This.

From Lectures on Landscape Delivered at Oxford in Lent Term, 1871 by John Ruskin

In this aspect of it, then, I say it is the simplest and nakedest of lovely veracities.

From Aratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture Given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1870 by John Ruskin

In this aspect of it then, I say, it is the simplest and nakedest of lovely veracities.

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

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Related Words

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