truth

  • noun (pl. truths /trooths, troo&ulth;z/) 1 the quality or state of being true. 2 (also the truth) that which is true as opposed to false. 3 a fact or belief that is accepted as true.

  — PHRASES in truth really; in fact. to tell the truth (or truth to tell or if truth be told) to be frank.

  — ORIGIN Old English.

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