verity (
http://definr.com/verity)
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}] [ant:
falsity]
2: an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic
truth