| truth | |
| 1. n. True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality. | |
| The truth is that our leaders knew a lot more than they were letting on. | |
| 2. n. Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy. | |
| There was some truth in his statement that he had no other choice. | |
| 3. n. The state or quality of being true to someone or something. | |
| Truth to one's own feelings is all-important in life. | |
| 4. n. (archaic) Faithfulness, fidelity. | |
| 5. n. (obsolete) A pledge of loyalty or faith. | |
| 6. n. Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, model, etc. | |
| 7. n. That which is real, in a deeper sense; spiritual or ‘genuine’ reality. | |
| The truth is what is. | |
| Alcoholism and redemption led me finally to truth. | |
| 8. n. Something acknowledged to be true; a true statement or axiom. | |
| Hunger and jealousy are just eternal truths of human existence. | |
| 9. n. (physics, dated) Topness. (See also truth quark.) | |
| 10. v. (obsolete, transitive) To assert as true; to declare; to speak truthfully. | |
| 11. v. To make exact; to correct for inaccuracy. | |
| 12. v. (nonstandard, intransitive) To tell the truth. | |
