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truth commission

truth commission noun: an official body tasked with discovering and revealing past wrongdoing, often done by a government, in the hope of resolving conflict left over from the past.

Noun

truth commission (plural truth commissions)

  1. An official body tasked with discovering and revealing past wrongdoing, often done by a government, in the hope of resolving conflict left over from the past

Forms of truth commission

pluraltruth commissions

Questions about truth commission

What does truth commission mean?
Truth commission means an official body tasked with discovering and revealing past wrongdoing, often done by a government, in the hope of resolving conflict left over from the past.
What part of speech is truth commission?
Truth commission is a noun.
What is the plural of truth commission?
The plural of truth commission is truth commissions.

Words near truth commission in the dictionary

  1. truth be told
  2. truth bomb
  3. truth bombs
  4. truth book
  5. truth books
  6. truth commission
  7. truth drug
  8. truth drugs
  9. truth function
  10. truth functions
  11. truth is stranger than fiction

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