'Verity' definitions:
Definition of 'verity'
(from WordNet)
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
An enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth
Definition of 'Verity'
From: GCIDE
- Verity \Ver"i*ty\, n.; pl. Verities. [F. v['e]rit['e], L. veritas, fr. verus true. See Very.]
- 1. The quality or state of being true, or real; consonance of a statement, proposition, or other thing, with fact; truth; reality. "The verity of certain words." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- It is a proposition of eternal verity, that none can govern while he is despised. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is true; a true assertion or tenet; a truth; a reality. [1913 Webster]
- Mark what I say, which you shall find By every syllable a faithful verity. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'verity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute credibility,
- actuality,
- credibility,
- eternal verities,
- fact,
- good sooth,
- gospel,
- historical truth,
- historicity,
- reality,
- sooth,
- the true,
- trueness,
- truism,
- truth,
- truth-loving,
- truth-speaking,
- truth-telling,
- truthfulness,
- ultimate truth,
- unerroneousness,
- unfallaciousness,
- unfalseness,
- veraciousness,
- veracity,
- veridicality,
- very truth