definition of
[verity]

[1] #1 verity n. [truth, the true, trueness] conformity to reality or actuality; "they debated the truth of the proposition"; "the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat"; "he was famous for the truth of his portraits"; "he turned to religion in his search for eternal ve. wn

[2] #2 verity n. an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth. wn