noun
Meaning 1
The characteristic of being true.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
trueness
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noun
Meaning 2
Loyalty; faithfulness; constancy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
exactness of adjustment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I marveled at the trueness of his aim
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Broader terms: exactness, exactitude
noun
Meaning 4
the quality of being loyal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: loyalty
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fidelity, faithfulness
Narrower terms: steadfastness, staunchness, allegiance, fealty, patriotism, nationalism, regionalism
noun
Meaning 5
conformity to reality or actuality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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
- he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: truth, the true, verity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: actuality
History
Etymology
From Middle English treunesse, trewenesse, from Old English trēownes, equivalent to true + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian trouwens (“trueness, faithfulness, fidelity”).