Soothfastness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Soothfast \Sooth"fast`\, a. [Sooth + fast, that is, fast or firm
     with respect to truth.]
     Firmly fixed in, or founded upon, the thruth; true; genuine;
     real; also, truthful; faithful. [Archaic] --
     {Sooth"fast`ness}, n. [Archaic] "In very soothfastness."
     --Chaucer.


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           Why do not you . . . bear leal and soothfast evidence
           in her behalf, as ye may with a clear conscience! --Sir
                                                    W. Scott.
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