"trueness" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Middle English treunesse, trewenesse, from Old English trēownes, equivalent to true + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian trouwens (“trueness, faithfulness, fidelity”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|treunesse}} Middle English treunesse, {{inh|en|ang|trēownes}} Old English trēownes, {{suf|en|true|ness}} true + -ness, {{cog|fy|trouwens|t=trueness, faithfulness, fidelity}} West Frisian trouwens (“trueness, faithfulness, fidelity”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} trueness (uncountable)
  1. The characteristic of being true. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-trueness-en-noun-SLO9NtJm
  2. Loyalty; faithfulness; constancy. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-trueness-en-noun-d0aPBIJZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: truth, truthness, verity
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