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Noun truth has 5 senses

truth - a fact that has been verified; "at last he knew the truth"; "the truth is the he didn't want to do it"
--₁ is a kind of fact
--₁ has particulars: home truth; verity
truth, the true, verity - conformity to reality or actuality; "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"
--₂ is a kind of actuality
Antonyms: falsity, falseness
truth, true statement - a true statement; "he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it"
--₃ is a kind of statement
Antonyms: falsehood, falsity, untruth, false statement
--₃ has particulars: gospel, gospel truth; tautology; truism
accuracy, truth - the quality of nearness to the truth or the true value; "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account"
--₄ is a kind of quality
--₄ has particulars: exactness, exactitude; fidelity
Truth, Sojourner Truth - United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883)
--₅ is a kind of abolitionist, emancipationist; feminist, women's rightist, women's liberationist, libber