Truth vs. Gossip

Truthnoun

True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality.

Truthnoun

Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy.

Truthnoun

The state or quality of being true to someone or something.

Truthnoun

(archaic) Faithfulness, fidelity.

Truthnoun

(obsolete) A pledge of loyalty or faith.

Truthnoun

Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, model, etc.

Truthnoun

That which is real, in a deeper sense; spiritual or ‘genuine’ reality.

Truthnoun

(countable) Something acknowledged to be true; a true statement or axiom.

Truthnoun

Topness. (See also truth quark.)

Truthverb

To assert as true; to declare; to speak truthfully.

Truthverb

To make exact; to correct for inaccuracy.

Truthverb

To tell the truth.

Truthnoun

The quality or being true; as: - (a) Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been; or shall be.

Truthnoun

Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, object of imitation, or the like.

Truthnoun

That which is true or certain concerning any matter or subject, or generally on all subjects; real state of things; fact; verity; reality.

Truthnoun

Fidelity; constancy; steadfastness; faithfulness.

Truthnoun

A true thing; a verified fact; a true statement or proposition; an established principle, fixed law, or the like; as, the great truths of morals.

Truthnoun

The practice of speaking what is true; freedom from falsehood; veracity.

Truthnoun

Righteousness; true religion.

Truthverb

To assert as true; to declare.

Truthnoun

a fact that has been verified;

Truthnoun

conformity to reality or actuality;

Truthnoun

a true statement;

Truthnoun

the quality of nearness to the truth or the true value;

Truthnoun

United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883)

Truth

Truth is the property of being in accord with fact or reality. In everyday language, truth is typically ascribed to things that aim to represent reality or otherwise correspond to it, such as beliefs, propositions, and declarative sentences.Truth is usually held to be the opposite of falsehood.

Gossipnoun

(countable) Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business.

Gossipnoun

(uncountable) Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially someone not present.

Gossipnoun

(uncountable) Idle conversation in general.

Gossipnoun

(uncountable) A genre in contemporary media, usually focused on the personal affairs of celebrities.

Gossipnoun

(obsolete) A sponsor; a godfather or godmother; the godparent of one's child.

Gossipnoun

(obsolete) A familiar acquaintance.

Gossipnoun

(obsolete) Title used with the name of one's child's godparent or of a friend.

Gossipverb

(intransitive) To talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a manner that spreads the information.

Gossipverb

(intransitive) To talk idly.

Gossipverb

(obsolete) To stand godfather to; to provide godparents for.

Gossipverb

(obsolete) To enjoy oneself during festivities, to make merry.

Gossipnoun

A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.

Gossipnoun

A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance.

Gossipnoun

One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler.

Gossipnoun

The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor.

Gossipverb

To stand sponsor to.

Gossipverb

To make merry.

Gossipverb

To prate; to chat; to talk much.

Gossipverb

To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.

Gossipnoun

light informal conversation for social occasions

Gossipnoun

a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people;

Gossipnoun

a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others

Gossipverb

wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies;

Gossipverb

talk socially without exchanging too much information;

Gossip

Gossip is idle talk or rumour, especially about the personal or private affairs of others; the act is also known as dishing or tattling.Gossip is a topic of research in evolutionary psychology, which has found gossip to be an important means for people to monitor cooperative reputations and so maintain widespread indirect reciprocity. Indirect reciprocity is a social interaction in which one actor helps another and is then benefited by a third party.