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1. A fact that has been verified
   "at last he knew the truth"; "the truth is that he didn't want to do it"
    
2. 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
    
3. A true statement
   "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it"; "he told the truth"
    
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

Antonym: falsehood, falseness, inaccuracy

Encyclopedia: Truth, Love and a Little Malice