veracity

veracity
/veuh ras"i tee/, n., pl. veracities for 4.
1. habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness: He was not noted for his veracity.
2. conformity to truth or fact; accuracy: to question the veracity of his account.
3. correctness or accuracy, as of the senses or of a scientific instrument.
4. something veracious; a truth.
[1615-25; < ML veracitas, equiv. to L verac- (s. of verax) true + -itas- -ITY]
Syn. 1. honesty, integrity, credibility.

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