Veracity
[vəˈræsəti] or [və'ræsəti]
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being veracious; habitual observance of truth; truthfulness; truth; as, a man of veracity.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Truthfulness, truth, ingenuousness, honesty, candor, frankness.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Truth, truthfulness, credibility, exactness, accuracy,[See ADVENTUROUS]
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Examples
- This is most complimentary to the virtue of Prince Bladud's tears, and strongly corroborative of the veracity of this legend. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The absurdity of the two last suppositions proves sufficiently the veracity of the firSt. Nor is there any fourth opinion. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Do these miserable animals presume to think, that I am so degenerated as to defend my veracity? Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- O' course I came to look arter you, my darlin',' replied Mr. Weller; for once permitting his passion to get the better of his veracity. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He had been promised by the administration a very much larger force, or claimed that he had, and he was a man of veracity. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Yes; then I will carry a message of invitation, and she shall have the chance of justifying her character for veracity. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The captain, a wise man, after many endeavours to catch me tripping in some part of my story, at last began to have a better opinion of my veracity. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
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