whole truth
Nothing held back
The whole truth is the complete and unabridged version of events, without omission or selective telling.
The phrase appears in the courtroom oath—the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth—emphasizing that partial truths can mislead as effectively as lies.
Someone who tells the truth but not the whole truth withholds relevant details.
- honestFree from deception
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- oathFormal binding promise
- swornBound by formal promise
reveal · nothing but · disclosure · tell all · spill the beans · candid · straight shooter · bare · naked · sincere · complete · unvarnished · brutal honesty · no holds barred · courtroom · witness · admission · transparent
- Candor Phrasesto be honest, honestly, frankly, speaking frankly, if i'm being honest
- factsfacts, fact, datum, data, detail
- honestyhonesty, candor, sincerity, dishonesty, frankness
- truthsfacts, fact, reality, verity, verities
whole truthpartial truth
Incomplete but not false
half-truth · selective truth · edited version · summary · omission
whole truthuntruth
A false statement
pack of lies · falsehood · fiction · fabrication · misinformation
whole truthdeception
Intentional misleading of others
cover-up · concealment · obfuscation · misdirection · spin
whole, truth, wholly, wholeness, wholesome, wholesomeness, unwholesome, true, truly