Veracity

Part of speech: noun

Pronunciation: /vəˈɹæ.sɪ.ti/

Definitions

1. Truthfulness or accuracy of a statement, claim, or piece of information
2. The quality of being truthful and accurate is essential for the credibility of any statement, assertion, or information provided
3. It refers to the adherence to truthfulness and accuracy in statements, claims, or pieces of information presented

Etymology: Veracity is a word whose English sense has barely moved from its Latin core: it simply means truthfulness, the quality of a statement being true. The Latin root is "vērus", meaning "true" or "real", which is also the source of the English word "very" in its older sense of "true" (as in "the very truth"). From "vērus" came "vērāx", "truthful, speaking truth", and from that a Medieval Latin noun, "vērācitās", meaning "truthfulness". The word reached English by way of French. Medieval Latin "vērācitās" passed into Old French as "veracitie", which became Middle French "véracité" before English borrowed it. The ending "-acity" is the same one found in words like "audacity" and "capacity", which were built the same way from adjectives ending in "-ax" or "-ac".

Synonyms: truthfulness, accuracy, honesty, integrity, sincerity

Antonyms: deceit, dishonesty, falsehood, untruth, insincerity