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noun(truth)the body of real things, events, and facts : actuality
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noun(truth)the state of being the case : fact
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noun(truth)a transcendent fundamental or spiritual reality
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biographical name(truth)Sojourner circa 1797—1883 American evangelist and reformer
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noun(truth)a hypnotic or anesthetic held to induce a subject under questioning to talk freely
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noun(truth)a mathematical or logical set containing all the elements that make a given statement of relationships true when substituted in it
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noun(truth)a table that shows the truth-value of a compound statement for every truth-value of its component statements; also : a similar table (as for a computer logic circuit) showing the value of the output for each value of each input
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noun(truth)the truth or falsity of a proposition or statement
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geographical name(truth)city on the Rio Grande in southwestern New Mexico the name of which was changed as part of a radio program promotion in 1950 population 6475
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idiom(truth)—used to say that one is stating the truth
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idiom(truth)—used to say what are the true or real facts about something
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noun(truth)a statement that is only partially true
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noun(truth)a statement that mingles truth and falsehood with deliberate intent to deceive