verity

[ver-i-tee]

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noun, plural ver·i·ties for 2.

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

1325–75; Middle English < Latin vēritās, equivalent to vēr(us) true + -itās -ity

Can be confusedvérité verity

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Related Words for verity

verisimilitude, veracity, accuracy

Examples from the Web for verity

Contemporary Examples of verity

Paleoconservative Jesse Helms objected to Verity because the nominee favored increased trade with the Soviet Union.
The Republicans’ Ugly and Shameful Chuck Hagel Filibuster
John Avlon
February 15, 2013

Historical Examples of verity

In verity he knew it as glibly as the alphabet, for he was infinitely painstaking.
Dreamers of the Ghetto
I. Zangwill
Of a verity this American autumn, or fall, as they call it, is a most delicate season.
Impressions of America
Tyrone Power
When he looked at it directly and simply like that, there was nothing that could blur the verity of it.
Michael
E. F. Benson
For not for four years thereafter did he in verity begin to reign.
In Convent Walls
Emily Sarah Holt
Yet where can lie the verity of the faith, if not in Holy Writ?
In Convent Walls
Emily Sarah Holt

British Dictionary definitions for verity

verity

noun plural -ties

the quality or state of being true, real, or correct
a true principle, statement, idea, etc; a truth or fact

Word Origin for verity

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

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Word Origin and History for verity

late 14c., from Anglo-French and Old French verite "truth," from Latin veritatem (nominative veritas) "truth, truthfulness," from verus "true" (see very). Modern French vérité, literally "truth," borrowed 1966 as a term for naturalism or realism in film, etc.