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    veracity
    /vɪˈrasɪti/

    noun

    • 1. conformity to facts; accuracy: "officials expressed doubts concerning the veracity of the story"

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  2. the quality of being true, honest, or accurate: Doubts were cast on the veracity of her alibi. Synonyms. truthfulness. Opposite. mendacity formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Reality and truth. actuality. apothegm. authenticity. axiomatically. brute fact. genuineness. God's truth. gospel. home truth. immediacy. practice. real life.

  3. conformity with truth or fact : accuracy; devotion to the truth : truthfulness; power of conveying or perceiving truth… See the full definition

  4. Veracity sounds like some kind of disease you don't want to catch, but in fact, it means truthfulness. If you question the veracity of a statement or story, you wonder whether it is truthful or accurate.

  5. the quality of being true, honest, or accurate: Doubts were cast on the veracity of her alibi. Synonyms. truthfulness. Opposite. mendacity formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Reality and truth. actuality. apothegm. authenticity. axiomatically. brute fact. genuineness. God's truth. gospel. home truth. immediacy. post-truth. practice

  6. Definition of 'veracity' veracity. (vəræsɪti ) uncountable noun. Veracity is the quality of being true or the habit of telling the truth. [formal] We have total confidence in the veracity of our research. [+ of] He was shocked to find his veracity questioned. Synonyms: accuracy, truth, credibility, precision More Synonyms of veracity.

  7. An established or verified fact, principle, etc. Webster's New World. More Noun Definitions (6) Synonyms: authenticity. rightness. verisimilitude. conformity. reality. actuality. precision. trueness.

  8. 1. habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness. 2. conformity to truth or fact; accuracy. 3. correctness or accuracy. 4. something veracious; a truth. [1615–25; < Medieval Latin vērācitās; see veracious, -ty 2]

  9. 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.

  10. Veracity definition: habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness. See examples of VERACITY used in a sentence.

  11. veracity meaning, definition, what is veracity: the fact of being true or correct: Learn more.