Definitions
the quality of being near to the true value
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English trouthe, from Old English trēowþ, from Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō, from *triwwiz + *-iþō. By surface analysis, true + -th. Doublet of troth. Cognate with Norwegian trygd (“trustworthiness, security, insurance”), Icelandic tryggð (“loyalty, fidelity”).
Used in a sentence
“The truth is that our leaders knew a lot more than they were letting on.”
“The truth depends on, and is only arrived at, by a legitimate deduction from all the facts which are truly material.”
“There was some truth in his statement that he had no other choice.”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Fact, not fiction”5 letters
02“What is real”5 letters
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