Truth (?), n.; pl. Truths (#). [OE. treuthe, trouthe, treowpe, AS.
treów&?;. See True; cf. Troth, Betroth.] 1. The quality or being true;
as: — (a) Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that
which is, or has been; or shall be.
(b) Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an
example, mood, object of imitation, or the like.
Plows, to go true, depend much on the truth of the ironwork.
Mortimer.
(c) Fidelity; constancy; steadfastness; faithfulness.
Alas! they had been friends in youth, But whispering tongues can poison
truth.
Coleridge.
(d) The practice of speaking what is true; freedom from falsehood;
veracity.
If this will not suffice, it must appear That malice bears down truth.
Shak.
2. That which is true or certain concerning any matter or subject, or
generally on all subjects; real state of things; fact; verity; reality.
Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor.
Zech. viii. 16.