truth-telling
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3.7
- noun
- /truːθˈtɛlɪŋ/
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declaración de la verdad
- In therapy, truth-telling is essential for overcoming past traumas.
- justice through truth-telling
The truth teller will usually have their truth telling silenced.
- The truth teller will usually have their truth telling silenced.
- And remember, they won't be in touch with the truth telling aspect of it.
- Because if you look ahead to the paragraphs yet to come, the examples that Hegel uses are things like truth telling or benevolence.
- I heard you say in an interview with somebody else recently that truth telling and secrets are sort of at the core of recovery.
- There has to be some truth telling and sometimes that truth is uncomfortable and you can get the job done.
- And there's another reason why sapphires might seem appropriate for bishops as well, and that's because they are connected with truth and truth telling.
- The way that that works, particularly with truth telling as Kant analyzes it, is that there is an inherent contradiction in going against that.
- So there's this kind of truth telling compulsion that you have and also this fearlessness to kind of ask the question that most of us would be too afraid to ask.
- So from true crime to truth telling to true deception, we covered it all.
- Personally, I would always think menus of contracts could select allow selection or sort of truth telling and that's the shutdown.
Examples
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Our schools and homes are where truth-telling and confronting lies need to be initially taught.
Academic text (2004) -
Third, truth-telling can serve justice by promoting the common good.
Academic text (2003) -
There has to be some truth telling and sometimes that truth is uncomfortable and you can get the job done.
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I heard you say in an interview with somebody else recently that truth telling and secrets are sort of at the core of recovery.
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There may be variants about who you can lie to, when it's OK to lie, what it's OK to lie about, but truth telling itself has to be some sort of value.
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Even in the matter of truth-telling, compromise is possible.
Academic text (1998) -
Truth-telling provides an important if limited form of justice, if not complete justice, from perpetrators.
Academic text (2003) -
Relatives and spouses as social supports are the recipients of this truth-telling.
Academic text (2002) -
Explicit in the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act is an affirmation of the healing potential of truth-telling.
Academic text (2006) -
If the Church is to play a leadership role in reconciliation, it must encourage truth-telling and insist on justice rather than simply preach the easier message of "forgive and forget."
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
365
1.0
Being truthful and fair in what you say and do
42
5.7
Being open and honest when talking or behaving
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7.6
Being honest and not telling lies
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2.7
Being honest and not telling lies
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3.5
Open and honest talk that says exactly what you think
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6.6
A way of speaking that is honest and direct
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5.1
An honest and open way of speaking or acting
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3.9
Saying the truth in a direct way that may hurt people
Being truthful and fair in what you say and do
Very direct and truthful speech that does not soften the facts
Antonyms
How Honest
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Truth-telling is made of the simple parts truth and telling. Truth is like true meaning 'real' and telling comes from tell meaning 'to say'. So, truth-telling means the act of saying what is real, especially when it is hard to say.