truth /truθ/
1. a fact that has been verified; "at last he knew the truth"; "the truth is that he didn't want to do it"
synset: truth
2. conformity to reality or actuality; "they debated the truth of the proposition"; "the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat"; "he was famous for the truth of his portraits"; "he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities"
synset: truth, the_true, verity, trueness
3. a true statement; "he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it"
synset: truth, true_statement
antonym: falsehood, falsity, untruth
4. the quality of being near to the true value; "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account"
5. United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883)
synset: Truth, Sojourner_Truth
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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