Verity

verity
    n 1: 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" [syn: {truth}, {the true},
         {verity}, {trueness}] [ant: {falseness}, {falsity}]
    2: an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic
       truth
    

Verity \Ver"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Verities}. [F. v['e]rit['e], L.
   veritas, fr. verus true. See {Very}.]
   1. The quality or state of being true, or real; consonance of
      a statement, proposition, or other thing, with fact;
      truth; reality. "The verity of certain words." --Shak.
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            It is a proposition of eternal verity, that none can
            govern while he is despised.          --South.
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   2. That which is true; a true assertion or tenet; a truth; a
      reality.
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            Mark what I say, which you shall find
            By every syllable a faithful verity.  --Shak.
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27 Moby Thesaurus words for "verity":
      absolute credibility, actuality, credibility, eternal verities,
      fact, good sooth, gospel, historical truth, historicity, reality,
      sooth, the true, trueness, truism, truth, truth-loving,
      truth-speaking, truth-telling, truthfulness, ultimate truth,
      unerroneousness, unfallaciousness, unfalseness, veraciousness,
      veracity, veridicality, very truth