veraciousness

Quality of honesty

Veraciousness is the quality of being truthful or accurate.

The word applies both to people who habitually tell the truth and to statements or accounts that accord with facts: The veraciousness of his testimony was never in doubt.

Veracity is the more common noun form.

accuracy

precision

Accuracy of measurement

meticulousness · rigor · validity · verifiability · exactitude · faithfulness · scrupulousness · specificity · clarity · factuality

honesty

frankness

Direct, unguarded honesty

openness · directness · transparency · guilelessness · ingenuousness · plainspokenness · straightforwardness · outspokenness · unvarnished · plain-dealing

integrity

ethics

Study of right conduct

morality · rectitude · probity · decency · fairness · steadfastness · conscience · honor · incorruptibility · righteousness

Opposites
truthfulness vs. deception

veraciousnessdeceitfulness

Disposition to mislead

dishonesty · mendacity · untruthfulness · falseness · duplicity

reliability of information

veraciousnessfalsity

State of being incorrect

falsehood · inaccuracy · erroneousness · spuriousness · untruth

Family

verdict, verify, truthfulness, veracity, veracious, verity

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