if truth be told

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Sense: Noun: honesty

Synonyms:

honesty , trustworthiness, integrity , sincerity, openness , frankness, transparency, honor , honour (UK), probity, truthfulness, veracity, uprightness

Antonyms:

dishonor, dishonesty, deception , lying , fibbing, backbiting, embellishment, perjury, defamation, monkey business

Sense: Noun: facts

Synonyms:

facts, fact , reality , real life, verity, maxim, the fact of the matter, the truth of the matter, the whole truth, the nitty-gritty (informal), the honest truth (informal), God's honest truth (informal), gospel (informal), truism, actual fact, the gospel truth, straight dope (slang)

Sense: Noun: degree of accuracy

Synonyms:

correctness, verity, accuracy , authenticity, precision, exactitude, fidelity, factuality, exactness, infallibility, perfection, rectitude, certainty , genuineness, factualism

Antonyms:

falsehood, imprecision, lie , fib, fabrication, exaggeration, inaccuracy, myth , pretense, make-believe, speculation, porkies (UK, slang)

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