Main Entry: truth

Pronunciation: \ˈtrüth\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural truths \ˈtrüthz, ˈtrüths\

Etymology: Middle English trewthe, from Old English trēowth fidelity; akin to Old English trēowe faithful — more at true

Date: before 12th century

1 a archaic : fidelity, constancy b : sincerity in action, character, and utterance
2 a (1) : the state of being the case : fact (2) : the body of real things, events, and facts : actuality (3) often capitalized : a transcendent fundamental or spiritual reality b : a judgment, proposition, or idea that is true or accepted as true <truths of thermodynamics> c : the body of true statements and propositions
3 a : the property (as of a statement) of being in accord with fact or reality b chiefly British : true 2 c : fidelity to an original or to a standard
4 capitalized Christian Science : god

— in truth : in accordance with fact : actually