truth

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)

• 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
    

• a true statement
  • he told the truth
    
  • he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it
    

• 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
    

• a fact that has been verified
  • at last he knew the truth
    
  • the truth is that he didn't want to do it
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Truth , Sojourner Truth , accuracy , true statement , the true , verity , trueness
• Antonyms: 
  inaccuracy , falsehood , falsity , untruth , falseness