verity meaning and definition

VERITY noun

Definition of verity (noun)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: the true, trueness, truth
   • antonym: falseness
2. an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth