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| Sounds | truw'th |
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| Rhymes | booth / Booth, Duluth, ruth / Ruth, and 8 more rhymes in uwth at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | A fact that has been verified. |
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| Examples | "at last he knew the truth"; "the truth is the he didn't want to do it" |
| Narrower | home truth; verity |
| Broader | fact |
| Meaning | Conformity to reality or actuality. |
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| Examples | "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" |
| Synonyms | the true, verity |
| Attributes | true; false |
| Broader | actuality |
| Contrary | falsity, falseness |
| Meaning | A true statement. |
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| Examples | "he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it" |
| Synonyms | true statement |
| Narrower | gospel, gospel truth; tautology; truism |
| Broader | statement |
| Contrary | falsehood, falsity, untruth, false statement |
| Meaning | The quality of nearness to the truth or the true value. |
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| Examples | "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account" |
| Synonyms | accuracy |
| Attributes | accurate; inaccurate |
| Narrower | exactness, exactitude; fidelity |
| Broader | quality |
| Contrary | inaccuracy |
| Meaning | 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). |
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| Synonyms | Sojourner Truth |
| Broader | abolitionist, emancipationist; feminist, women's rightist, women's liberationist, libber |