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===Noun===
==Origins==
F. véracité (= It. veracità, Sp. veracidad, Pg. veracidade), or med.L. vrcitt-, vrcits, f. L. vrci-, vrax, f. vr-us [[reality|real]], [[truth|true]].
===Definitions===
*1. The [[quality]] or [[character]] in [[persons]] of speaking or stating the [[truth]]; habitual observance of the truth; truthfulness, veraciousness.
:b. of veracity, trustworthy, veracious, truthful. (Also with qualifying adjectives.)
:c. This quality as manifested in [[individuals]]. Const. of (a [[person]]) or with possessive.
*2. Agreement of statement or report with the actual [[fact]] or facts; accordance with truth; correctness, accuracy.
:b. Const. of or with possessive.
*3. Correspondence with external facts; exactness in the indication of these.
*4. That which is true; a truthful statement; a truth.
*5. Comb., as veracity-assuring, -serving.
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