Definition

1. Noun:
   • A true principle or belief, especially one of fundamental importance: "verity" refers to a statement, idea, or principle that is considered permanently and universally true, often in ethical, religious, or philosophical contexts.
   • Conformity to fact; truthfulness: "verity" can also denote the quality or state of being true, accurate, or in accordance with reality.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Enduring Truth):
  • Philosophers have long sought eternal verities about human nature.
  • The sermon focused on the basic verities of faith and compassion.
• Noun (Truthfulness):
  • The verity of his testimony was confirmed by multiple witnesses.
  • Historians question the verity of the ancient chronicle.

Advanced Usage

• "of a verity": (archaic) In truth; certainly.
  • He is, of a verity, a man of his word.

Variants and Related Words

• Veracious (adj): Habitually speaking the truth; truthful.
  • She is known as a veracious journalist.
• Verifiable (adj): Able to be checked or demonstrated to be true, accurate, or justified.
  • The theory is based on verifiable data.

Synonyms

• Truth: That which is true or in accordance with fact or reality.
• Certainty: Firm conviction that something is the case.
• Axiom: A statement or proposition which is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true.

Antonyms

• Falsehood: The state of being untrue.
• Fallacy: A mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument.
• Fiction: Literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people; something that is invented or untrue.

Noun

1. an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth
2. 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