Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Truth (-'s)
trustytry (tried, tries, trying)
truth (-'s), n. [OE tríewþ.] (webplay: God, fidelity, opinion).
- Reality; facts; actual state of things.
- Being; exact accordance with that which is, or has been, or shall be.
- Wisdom; verity; orthodoxy; real doctrine; sound philosophy; veracious principles; true religious belief.
- Veracity; purity from falsehood.
- Fact; principle; essence, as distinguished from an imitation.
- Sincerity; practice of speaking truth; habitual disposition to speak correct principles.
- Constancy.
- Correct opinion.
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