Truth, verity. (Cf. sooth, adj. 2a.) Also personified.

Used as object to the verbs say, speak, or tell; frequently in the parenthetic phrases sooth to say, etc. (Cf. 5b.)

With the. That which is fair, just, or morally correct; righteousness, justice, truth; esp. the cause of truth or justice. Cf. sense 3.

The fact, quality, or condition of being true (in various senses); truth or verity; fidelity, faithfulness; reality, fact. Without article.

With the. The truth.

truth.

truth, verity.

Truth, verity. Obsolete. rare.

That which is true, real, or actual; report or account which is in accordance with fact or reality; true statement; an instance of this. Also: true…

Conformity with fact; agreement with reality; accuracy or correctness in a statement, thought, etc.

Without article. Truth, either in general or with reference to a particular fact; conformity to fact or reality. Also personified.

Truth; verity.

Frequently with the. Something which is veracious or consistent with fact; truth, reality.

Accordance with fact or reality; veracity. Cf. truth, n. 10a.

Actuality, reality, truth.

Correspondence to fact; truth. Obsolete.

Const. of or with possessive.

the fact of the matter: the truth with regard to the subject under discussion.

Conformity with fact or reality; the quality or fact of being true.

An event from real life, a news item; (in plural) news, current affairs. Also: a work representing or recording such an event, esp. a (short)…

The adjective used absol. (quasi-n.) in certain phrases. the straight: the truth. Esp. in to get (at) or hear the straight. U.S.

In Indian philosophy: truth, truthfulness.

the truth; an honest person.

a value assigned to or associated with a statement that signifies its truth, its, falsity, or (in some forms of logic) the degree to which it is true.

= dinkum, n. adj.adv. Australian (and New Zealand) slang.