WordNet
n. 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, verity] [ant: falsity]
Usage examples of "the true".
This is Natural reason itself, encompassed with thick clouds, having yet a discernment of good and evil, a distinction of the true and the false, though it be powerless to fulfil all that it approveth, and possess not yet the full light of truth, nor healthfulness of its affections.
I thought almost to hear her whinny, but instead she told us to come after her quick as we might and made off into the true night which was gathering.
Tossa threw her head up, like a little horse, and I thought almost to hear her whinny, but instead she told us to come after her quick as we might and made off into the true night which was gathering.
Peter, ii, 22: For, that of the true proverb has happened to them: the dog is returned to his vomit: and, The sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire.
They will not attain to the true liberty of a pure heart, nor to the grace of My sweet companionship, unless they first entirely resign themselves and daily offer themselves up as a sacrifice.
God alone is eternal and incomprehensible, filling all things, the solace of the soul, and the true joy of the heart.
Behold how far thou art as yet from the true charity and humility which knows not how to be angry or indignant against any save self alone.
But she, empty as a reed, albeit in her own conceit a match for Solomon in wisdom, was as far as any sheep from apprehending the true sense of her uncle's jest.
Seek the true peace, not in earth but in heaven, not in man nor in any created thing, but in God alone.
It was not until we had reached home that I began to realize the true state of affairs.
Verily vain glory is an evil plague, the greatest of vanities, because it draweth us away from the true glory, and robbeth us of heavenly grace.
The most prominent figure in the true history of Voodoo in America was Marie Laveau, the legendary 'Voodoo Queen' feared and revered throughout 19th century Louisiana.
He is the true practitioner who exercises himself against such appearances as these.
Should the true circumstances surrounding this idiocy leak out it would be more than enough to condemn us both to death by nth degree torture at the hands of the Masters.