verity
noun/ˈverəti/
/ˈverəti/
(plural verities)
- [usually plural] (formal) a belief or principle about life that is accepted as true
- the eternal verities of life
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- [uncountable] (old use) truth
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French verite, from Latin veritas, from verus ‘true’.
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