Today's Etymology: "Truth" -- Let [Truth] and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter. [Milton, "Areopagitica," 1644]

truth

 

1.

the true  or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.

2.

conformity with fact or reality; verity: the truth of a statement.

3.

a verified or indisputable fact, proposition, principle, or the like: mathematical truths.

4.

the state or character of being true.

5.

actuality or actual existence.

6.

an obvious or accepted fact; truism; platitude.

7.

honesty; integrity; truthfulness.

8.

( often initial capital letter ) ideal or fundamental reality apart from and transcending perceived experience: the basic truths of life.

9.

agreement with a standard or original.

10.

accuracy, as of position or adjustment.

11.

Archaic . fidelity or constancy.

COLLAPSE

Idiom

12.

in truth, in reality; in fact; actually: In truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire.

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Origin:
before 900; Middle English treuthe, Old English trēowth  (cognate with Old Norse tryggth  faith). See true, -th¹

Related forms

truth·less, adjective

truth·less·ness, noun

mis·truth, noun

non·truth, noun

Can be confused:  truism, truth .

Synonyms
1.  fact. 2.  veracity. 7.  sincerity, candor, frankness. 10.  precision, exactness.

Antonyms
1.  falsehood. 2, 4, 7.  falsity.