Definition of verity

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ver·i·ty    (vr-t) KEY  

NOUN:
pl. ver·i·ties

1. The quality or condition of being true, factual, or real.
2. Something, such as a statement, principle, or belief, that is true, especially an enduring truth: "The mind once suddenly aware of a verity for the first time immediately invents it again" (Agnes Sligh Turnbull). See Synonyms at truth.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English verite, truth, from Old French, from Latin vrits, from vrus, true; see wr-o- in Indo-European roots

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