veracity
noun/vəˈræsəti/
/vəˈræsəti/
[uncountable] (formal)- the quality of being true; the habit of telling the truth synonym truth, truthfulness
- They questioned the veracity of her story.
- They had no reason to doubt his veracity.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French véracité or medieval Latin veracitas, from verax ‘speaking truly’, from verus ‘true’.Definitions on the go
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