verity.

1. Truth or the quality of being true.

2. A statement, principle, or belief regarded as fundamentally true.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• the verity of an account
• question its verity

On the page

The narrator questioned the verity of the account he had inherited.

She separated the letter’s emotional force from its verity.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Singular verity; plural verities. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.