veracity

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vəˈɹæ.sɪ.ti/ (General American) IPA(key): /vəˈɹæ.sə.ti/ Rhymes: -æsɪti Homophone: voracity (one pronunciation) Hyphenation: ve‧ra‧ci‧ty === Noun === veracity (countable and uncountable, plural veracities) (uncountable, of a person) The quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness. (countable) Something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth. (uncountable) 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. ==== Synonyms ==== veraciousness, veridicality; for more, see Thesaurus:veracity ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “veracity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “veracity”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.