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veracity
V ER0 AE1 S AH0 T IY0 :
Noun
1. Truthfulness
2. Something that is true.
3. Accuracy or precision
act of being exact and accurate.
correctness and carefulness in one's plan of action.
[Source: Wiktionary]
unwillingness to tell lies
[Source: WordNet]
We wouldn't normally be skeptical about the veracity of the tale, but James Frey really has done some serious damage to this genre. Link
A reasonable person could conclude they did so because they didn't want to appear igornant while not having a clue as to the veracity of the question, so they attempted to avoid answering without appearing either ignorant or against something that might be in the bill... Link
This sort of thing always makes me suspect that it's really our veracity and our ease with facts that is being diluted. Link
[It’s] a collection of legends with no primary sources, and no reason to trust the veracity of the authors,... Link
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