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Accuracy

The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; precision; exactness; nicety; correctness; as, the value of testimony depends on its accuracy.

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Exactness 76% connected

The condition of being exact; accuracy; nicety; precision; regularity; as, exactness of jurgement or deportment.

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Fidelity 76% connected

Faithfulness; adherence to right; careful and exact observance of duty, or discharge of obligations.

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Quality 76% connected

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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Accurate 66% connected

In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact;…

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Accurate 66% connected

In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact;…

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Inaccurate 66% connected

Not accurate; not according to truth; inexact; incorrect; erroneous; as, in inaccurate man, narration, copy, judgment, calculation, etc.

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Inaccurate 66% connected

Not accurate; not according to truth; inexact; incorrect; erroneous; as, in inaccurate man, narration, copy, judgment, calculation, etc.

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Truth 92% connected

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

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Inaccuracy 94% connected

The quality of being inaccurate; want of accuracy or exactness.

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Inaccuracy 94% connected

The quality of being inaccurate; want of accuracy or exactness.

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Ability noun · 86% connection

the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

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Adequacy noun · 86% connection

the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

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Air noun · 86% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Appearance noun · 86% connection

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

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Aridity noun · 86% connection

the quality of yielding nothing of value

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Asset noun · 86% connection

a useful or valuable quality

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Atmosphere noun · 86% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Attraction noun · 86% connection

the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him"

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Aura noun · 86% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Bad noun · 86% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Believability noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Cogency noun · 86% connection

the quality of being valid and rigorous

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Credibility noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Credibleness noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Divisibility noun · 86% connection

the quality of being divisible; the capacity to be divided into parts or divided among a number of persons

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Good noun · 86% connection

that which is pleasing or valuable or useful; "weigh the good against the bad"; "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self…

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Hardness noun · 86% connection

a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering; "the costs of reducing hardness depend on t…

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Humour noun · 86% connection

the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"

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Accurateness noun · 78% connection

The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: accurate, freedom, mistakes, exemption, arising.
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After preposition · 78% connection

In imitation of; in conformity with; after the manner of; as, to make a thing after a model; a picture after Rubens; the boy takes aft…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: accurate, freedom, mistakes, exemption, arising.
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Approximate adjective · 78% connection

Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: accurate, freedom, mistakes, exemption, arising.
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Archetype noun · 78% connection

The original pattern or model of a work; or the model from which a thing is made or formed.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: accurate, freedom, mistakes, exemption, arising.
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Conformably adverb · 78% connection

With conformity or in conformity; suitably; agreeably.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: accurate, freedom, mistakes, exemption, arising.
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Exact adjective · 78% connection

Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; tr…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: accurate, freedom, mistakes, exemption, arising.
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Exemption noun · 78% connection

The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom from any charge, burden, evil, etc., to which others are subject; immunity; p…

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Exquisite adjective · 78% connection

Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; nice; fastidious; as, exquisite judgment, tas…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: accurate, freedom, mistakes, exemption, arising.
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Faithful adjective · 78% connection

Worthy of confidence and belief; conformable to truth ot fact; exact; accurate; as, a faithful narrative or representation.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: accurate, freedom, mistakes, exemption, arising.
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Franchise adjective · 78% connection

Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.

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