veracity

English

Etymology

From Old French veracitie, from Medieval Latin vērācitās (“truthfulness”), from Latin vērāx (“truthful, speaking truth”), from vērus (“true, real”). See very.

Noun

veracity (countable and uncountable, plural veracities)

(uncountable, of a person) The quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness.
- 1933, James Hilton, Lost Horizon
  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.
(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

See also Thesaurus:veracity

Related terms

veracious
verifiable
verification
verify
veritable
verity

Translations

(of a person) the quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness

Arabic: صِدْق‎ m (ṣidq)
Catalan: veracitat (ca) f
Czech: pravdomluvnost f
Esperanto: vereco
Finnish: todenmukaisuus (fi), totuudenmukaisuus (fi)
French: véracité (fr) f
Galician: veracidade (gl) f

Georgian: სიმართლე (simartle), უტყუარობა (uṭq̇uaroba)
German: Aufrichtigkeit (de)
Greek: ειλικρίνεια (el) f (eilikríneia)
Portuguese: veracidade (pt) f
Russian: правди́вость (ru) f (pravdívostʹ)
Spanish: veracidad (es) f
Swedish: sanning (sv)
Tagalog: katotohanan (tl)

something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth

French: vérité (fr) f
Galician: verdade (gl) f
Georgian: სიმართლე (simartle), უტყუარობა (uṭq̇uaroba)
Greek: αλήθεια (el) f (alítheia)

Portuguese: verdade (pt) f
Russian: пра́вда (ru) f (právda)
Swedish: sanning (sv)

agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision

Finnish: todenmukaisuus (fi), totuudenmukaisuus (fi)
French: exactitude (fr) f

Galician: exactitude (gl) f
Greek: ακρίβεια (el) f (akríveia), ορθότητα (el) f (orthótita)