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"truth" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often verity (6 letters).
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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Fact, not fiction”5 letters
02“What is real”5 letters
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