Verity Definition

verity
noun
  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"; "he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities"
  2. an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth

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