[truth] n, pl truths [ME trewthe, fr. OE treowth fidelity; akin to OE treowe faithful--more at true] (bef. 12c) 1 a archaic: fidelity, constancy b: sincerity in action, character, and utterance
2. a (1): the state of being the case: fact (2): the body of real things, events, and facts: actuality (3) often cap: a transcendent fundamental or spiritual reality b: a judgment, proposition, or idea that is true or accepted as true "~s of thermodynamics" c: the body of true statements and propositions 3 a: the property (as of a statement) of being in accord with fact or reality b chiefly Brit: true
2. c: fidelity to an original or to a standard
4. cap, Christian Science: god -- in truth : in accordance with fact: actually