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a fact that has been verified; "at last he knew the truth"; "the truth is the he didn''t want to do it" a true statement; "he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn''t believe it" 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) 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 ve 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" |
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