English-French translations for truth

• vérité
  Et simplement parce que c'est plus simple que la vérité, And just because it's easier than the truth,
  Il n'y a d'autre vérité que toute la vérité. There is no truth except the whole truth.
  Nous voulons connaître la vérité, rien de plus que la vérité. We want to know the truth, nothing more than the truth.

Definition of truth

• True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality
• Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy
• The state or quality of being true to someone or something
• Faithfulness, fidelity
• A pledge of loyalty or faith
• That which is real, in a deeper sense; spiritual or ‘genuine’ reality
• Something acknowledged to be true; a true statement or axiom
• Topness; the property of a truth quark
• To assert as true; to declare; to speak truthfully
• To make exact; to correct for inaccuracy
• To tell the truth

Examples

• The truth is that our leaders knew a lot more than they were letting on
• There was some truth in his statement that he had no other choice
• Truth to ones own feelings is all-important in life
• The truth is what is
• Alcoholism and redemption led me finally to truth
• Hunger and jealousy are just eternal truths of human existence

Related words

• half-truth
• truthful
• truthfully
• untruth
• truthing
• truthfulness
• untruthfulness
• untruthful
• truthiness