truth

Definitions


[truːθ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the quality or state of being true
(e.g: he had to accept the truth of her accusation)


Phrases:
- if truth be told
- in truth
- of a truth
- the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth
- to tell the truth
- truth in sentencing

Origin:
Old English trīewth, trēowth ‘faithfulness, constancy’ (see true, -th)




definition by Oxford Dictionaries