veracity

veracity
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. See truth.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [Honesty]
Syn. truth, truthfulness, trustworthiness, integrity, honor, honesty, ingenuousness, candor, frankness, openness, fidelity, probity, plain dealing, artlessness, sincerity, impartiality, fairness; see also truth 1 .
Ant. dishonesty*, falsity, insincerity.
2. [Accuracy]
Syn. truth, exactness, exactitude, reality, credibility, verity, actuality, correctness, trueness, conformity, verisimilitude, precision, rightness, authenticity, genuineness, veritableness, authoritativeness; see also truth 1 .
Ant. error*, inaccuracy, fallacy.
See Synonym Study at truth .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n.
[vu RAS uh tee]
honesty, truthfulness, accuracy.
We never doubted the veracity of her statements.
SYN.: honesty, truthfulness, accuracy, dependability, reliability, credibility, authenticity, reality, integrity, faithfulness.
ANT.: dishonesty, deception, deceitfulness, inaccuracy
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. Freedom from deceit or falseness: truth, truthfulness. See TRUE. 2. Correspondence with fact or truth: accuracy, correctness, exactitude, exactness, fidelity, truth, veraciousness, veridicality, verity. See TRUE.

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