n.
(pl. truths
/truːðz, truːθs/
)
the quality or state of being true.
▸
(also the truth)
that which is true as opposed to false.
▸a fact or belief that is accepted as true.
Phrase
- in truth
really; in fact. - to tell the truth
(or truth to tell or if truth be told)
to be frank.
Etymology
OE trīewth, trēowth ‘faithfulness, constancy’ (see true, -th2).
