verity (ˈvɛrɪtɪ
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Definitions
noun
- the quality or state of being true, real, or correct
- a true principle, statement, idea, etc; a truth or fact
Word Origin
C14: from Old French vérité, from Latin vēritās, from vērus trueUsage examples
Yet it is as much a verity that the sheer drama, even melodrama, of such abnegation will focus attention on the repercussions of Manoharpur.
India Today (1999)It laid bare the verity of Fiesco's words, `All earthly happiness is a lying illusion, and the human heart the source of unending tears.
, A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since 1945 (2003)