veracity
noun
- truthfulness
- degree to which something is truthful, accurate, and free from error
- power of conveying or perceiving truth
- something true
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /vəˈɹæ.sɪ.ti/ / /vəˈɹæ.sə.ti/
noun
Etymology: From Middle French véracité, from Old French veracitie, from Medieval Latin vērācitās (“truthfulness”), from Latin vērāx (“truthful, speaking truth”), from vērus (“true, real”). See very.
- The quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness.
“Of course if you don't accept Conway's story, it means that you doubt either his veracity or his sanity—one may as well be frank.”
- Something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth.
- Agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision.
- Act of being exact and accurate.
- Correctness and carefulness in one's plan of action.