trueness

2 definitions found

trueness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Trueness \True"ness\, n.
     The quality of being true; reality; genuineness;
     faithfulness; sincerity; exactness; truth.
     [1913 Webster]

trueness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  trueness
      n 1: 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 verities" [syn: truth, the true,
           verity, trueness] [ant: falseness, falsity]
      2: the quality of being loyal [syn: loyalty, trueness] [ant:
         disloyalty]
      3: exactness of adjustment; "I marveled at the trueness of his
         aim"