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truth-telling

ADJECTIVE

truthful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

believable candid correct factual forthright precise realistic reliable sincere straightforward true trustworthy

WEAK

exact faithful frank guileless ingenuous just kosher legit like it is literal on the level on the up and up open outspoken plainspoken real righteous scrupulous square straight true-blue unfeigned unreserved veracious veritable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

deceitful devious dishonest false imprecise inaccurate incorrect inexact insincere tricky unreliable untrustworthy untruthful

WEAK

hypocritical lying

Example Sentences

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It is an act of truth-telling that can be costly, liberating and sacred all at once.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

This doesn’t prove they are conscious, but it shows these self-reports track the model’s truth-telling mechanisms, not random outputs the model learned to parrot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

The treaty will establish an elected assembly of Indigenous representatives, support a truth-telling process to address past grievances, and form an advisory body focused on erasing health inequalities.

From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025

Early on she uncovers a conspiracy using kidnapped children, and uses a truth-telling device called an alethiometer.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025

After a truth-telling lecture tour failed to attract much of an audience, Maggie retracted her confession: “I gave expression to utterances that had no foundation in fact.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

truth-telling

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