'Truth' definitions:

Definition of 'truth'

From: WordNet
noun
A fact that has been verified; "at last he knew the truth"; "the truth is that he didn't want to do it"
noun
Conformity to reality or actuality; "they debated the truth of the proposition"; "the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat"; "he was famous for the truth of his portraits"; "he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities" [syn: truth, the true, verity, trueness] [ant: falseness, falsity]
noun
A true statement; "he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it" [syn: truth, true statement] [ant: falsehood, falsity, untruth]
noun
The quality of being near to the true value; "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account" [syn: accuracy, truth] [ant: inaccuracy]
noun
United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883) [syn: Truth, Sojourner Truth]

Definition of 'Truth'

From: GCIDE
  • Truth \Truth\, n.; pl. Truths. [OE. treuthe, trouthe, treowpe, AS. tre['o]w?. See True; cf. Troth, Betroth.]
  • 1. The quality or being true; as: (a) Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been; or shall be. [1913 Webster] (b) Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, object of imitation, or the like. [1913 Webster]
  • Plows, to go true, depend much on the truth of the ironwork. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster] (c) Fidelity; constancy; steadfastness; faithfulness. [1913 Webster]
  • Alas! they had been friends in youth, But whispering tongues can poison truth. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster] (d) The practice of speaking what is true; freedom from falsehood; veracity. [1913 Webster]
  • If this will not suffice, it must appear That malice bears down truth. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. That which is true or certain concerning any matter or subject, or generally on all subjects; real state of things; fact; verity; reality. [1913 Webster]
  • Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor. --Zech. viii. 16. [1913 Webster]
  • I long to know the truth here of at large. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • The truth depends on, or is only arrived at by, a legitimate deduction from all the facts which are truly material. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A true thing; a verified fact; a true statement or proposition; an established principle, fixed law, or the like; as, the great truths of morals. [1913 Webster]
  • Even so our boasting . . . is found a truth. --2 Cor. vii. 14. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Righteousness; true religion. [1913 Webster]
  • Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. --John i. 17. [1913 Webster]
  • Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth. --John xvii. 17. [1913 Webster]
  • In truth, in reality; in fact.
  • Of a truth, in reality; certainly.
  • To do truth, to practice what God commands. [1913 Webster]
  • He that doeth truth cometh to the light. --John iii. 21. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Truth'

From: GCIDE
  • Truth \Truth\, v. t. To assert as true; to declare. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • Had they [the ancients] dreamt this, they would have truthed it heaven. --Ford. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Truth'

From: Easton
  • Truth Used in various senses in Scripture. In Prov. 12:17, 19, it denotes that which is opposed to falsehood. In Isa. 59:14, 15, Jer. 7:28, it means fidelity or truthfulness. The doctrine of Christ is called "the truth of the gospel" (Gal. 2:5), "the truth" (2 Tim. 3:7; 4:4). Our Lord says of himself, "I am the way, and the truth" (John 14:6).

Synonyms of 'truth'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Truth'