1. Conformity to reality or actuality
   "they debated the truth of the proposition"; "the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat"; "he was famous for the truth of his portraits";
   - the true, verity, trueness
    
2. A fact that has been verified
   "at last he knew the truth"; "the truth is that he didn't want to do it"
    
3. A true statement
   "he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it"
    
4. The quality of being correct, true, or close to the true value
   "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account";
   - accuracy, veracity

1. United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883)
   - Sojourner Truth

Derived forms: truths

See also: accurate, false, inaccurate, true

Type of: abolitionist, actuality, emancipationist, fact, feminist, libber [informal], liberationist, quality, statement, women's liberationist, women's rightist

Encyclopedia: Truth, Politics and Power