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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | precision or correctness |
| Synonyms: | accurateness, carefulness, certainty, closeness, definiteness, definitiveness, definitude, efficiency, exactitude, exactness, faultlessness, incisiveness, mastery, meticulousness, preciseness, sharpness, skill, skillfulness, strictness, sureness, truthfulness, veracity, verity |
| Antonyms: | erroneousness, falsehood, inaccuracy, mistake |
| Main Entry: | clockwork |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | being on time; precision |
| Synonyms: | accuracy, consistency, perfect timing, regularity, smoothness |
| Main Entry: | fidelity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conformity to a standard |
| Synonyms: | accuracy, adherence, adhesion, attachment, closeness, constancy, correspondence, exactitude, exactness, faithfulness, loyalty, naturalism, preciseness, precision, realism, scrupulousness, verism |
| Antonyms: | inconstancy, nonconformity, unsteadiness, vacillation, wavering |
| Main Entry: | rigor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strictness, exactness |
| Synonyms: | accuracy, affliction, asperity, austerity, conscientiousness, conventionalism, difficulty, exactitude, firmness, hardness, hardship, harshness, inclemency, inflexibility, intolerance, meticulousness, obduracy, ordeal, preciseness, precision, privation, punctiliousness, rigidity, roughness, severity, sternness, stiffness, stringency, suffering, tenacity, thoroughness, traditionalism, trial, tribulation, vicissitude, visitation |
| Antonyms: | ease, elasticity, flexibility, leniency, pliability |
| Main Entry: | truth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reality, validity |
| Synonyms: | accuracy, actuality, authenticity, axiom, case, certainty, correctness, dope*, exactitude, exactness, fact, facts, factualism, factuality, factualness, genuineness, gospel truth, gospel, honest truth, infallibility, inside track, legitimacy, maxim, naked truth, nitty-gritty, perfection, picture, plain talk, precision, principle, rectitude, rightness, scoop, score, trueness, truism, truthfulness, unvarnished truth, veracity, verisimilitude, verity, whole story |
| Antonyms: | falsehood, invention, untruth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | veracity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | truth |
| Synonyms: | accuracy, actuality, authenticity, candor, correctness, credibility, exactitude, exactness, fact, fairness, fidelity, frankness, genuineness, gospel, honest-to-god truth, honesty, honor, impartiality, integrity, like it is, openness, precision, probity, real McCoy, reality, rectitude, rightness, sincerity, straight stuff, trueness, truism, trustworthiness, truthfulness, uprightness, verisimilitude, verity, word* |
| Antonyms: | falsehood, falsity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reliability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dependability |
| Synonyms: | accuracy, authenticity, constancy, faithfulness, fidelity, honesty, loyalty, safety, security, soundness, steadfastness, trustworthiness |
| Main Entry: | truthfulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | honesty |
| Synonyms: | accuracy, frankness, genuineness, integrity, probity, sincerity, veracity, verity |
| Antonyms: | deceitfulness, dishonesty, lying, mendacity, untruthfulness |
| Main Entry: | verity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | truth |
| Synonyms: | accuracy, veracity, verisimilitude |
| Antonyms: | falseness |
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