accuracy

accuracy
I
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [The state of being without error]
Syn. exactness, exactitude, correctness; see truth 1 .
2. [The quality of precision or deftness]
Syn. precision, preciseness, exactness, skill, efficiency, one-for-one targeting, correctness, skillfulness, sharpness, mastery, Dependability, strictness, certainty, sureness, dotting the i' s and crossing the t' s*.
Ant. imprecision, sloppiness, incompetence.
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
precision, correctness, exactness, fidelity, factualness, veracity, truth, meticulousness, perfection.
ANT.: inaccuracy, imprecision, slackness
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. Correspondence with fact or truth: correctness, exactitude, exactness, fidelity, truth, veraciousness, veracity, veridicality, verity. See TRUE. 2. Freedom from error: accurateness, correctness, exactitude, exactness, preciseness, precision, rightness. See CORRECT.

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