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Definition of veracity noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

veracity

noun
 
/vəˈræsəti/
 
/vəˈræsəti/
[uncountable] (formal)
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  1. the quality of being true; the habit of telling the truth synonym truth, truthfulness
    • They questioned the veracity of her story.
    • They had no reason to doubt his veracity.
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French véracité or medieval Latin veracitas, from verax ‘speaking truly’, from verus ‘true’.
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