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In truth   /ɪn truθ/   Listen
noun
Truth  n.  (pl. truths)  
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."
(c)
Fidelity; constancy; steadfastness; faithfulness. "Alas! they had been friends in youth, But whispering tongues can poison truth."
(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."
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." "I long to know the truth here of at large." "The truth depends on, or is only arrived at by, a legitimate deduction from all the facts which are truly material."
3.
A true thing; a verified fact; a true statement or proposition; an established principle, fixed law, or the like; as, the great truths of morals. "Even so our boasting... is found a truth."
4.
Righteousness; true religion. "Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ." "Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth."
In truth, in reality; in fact.
Of a truth, in reality; certainly.
To do truth, to practice what God commands. "He that doeth truth cometh to the light."





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"In truth" Quotes from Famous Books



... "In truth, you Russians do everything on a grand scale," exclaimed Heideck. "A great Empire, a great army, a wide, far-seeing policy, and a great ...
— The Coming Conquest of England • August Niemann
... century the Fathers of the Church were opposed to pagan literature. The "Apostolic Constitutions" commanded, "Refrain from all writings of the heathen; for what hast thou to do with strange discourses, laws, or false prophets, which, in truth, turn aside from the faith those who are weak in understanding." It was urged that, "As the offspring of the pagan world, if not, indeed, inspired by demons, they were dangerous to the new faith." This introduced into education ...
— History of Education • Levi Seeley
... has nothing to do with the commercial relations of any American power, save that it in truth allows each of them to form such as it desires. In other words, it is really a guaranty of the commercial independence of the Americas. We do not ask under this doctrine for any exclusive commercial ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various
... in truth. On the mouldering citadel of Troy lies the lizard like a thing of green bronze. The owl has built her nest in the palace of Priam. Over the empty plain wander shepherd and goatherd with their flocks, and where, on the wine- ...
— Intentions • Oscar Wilde
... advocates of amulets and charms, have ever been enabled to appeal to the testimony of what they are pleased to call experience in justification of their pretensions, and egregious superstitions; and cases which, in truth, ought to have been classed, or rather designated, as lucky escapes, have been triumphantly pulled off as skilful cures; and thus, medicines and medical practitioners, have alike received the meed of unmerited praise, or the stigma of unjust censure. Of all branches ...
— Thaumaturgia • An Oxonian


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