n. Function: noun
1 the quality or state of keeping close to fact and avoiding distortion or misrepresentation FF1C; questions the veracity of that witness FF1E;
Synonyms: truth, truthfulness, veraciousness, veridicality, verity
Related Words: accuracy, correctness, exactness, factualness; frankness, honesty
Contrasted Words: inaccuracy, incorrectness; deception, dishonesty, untruth, untruthfulness
Antonyms: unveracity
2 something that is true FF1C; can make lies sound like veracities FF1E;
Synonyms: gospel, truism, truth, verity
Related Words: verisimilitude; actuality; fact
Contrasted Words: lie, untruth
Antonyms: unveracity