honest

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  1. adjective Marked by or displaying integrity; upright: an honest lawyer.
  2. adjective Not deceptive or fraudulent; genuine: honest weight.
  3. adjective Equitable; fair: honest wages for an honest day's work.
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  • Paranoia is a term used to efforts to the greater good Be truthful and describe a psychosis of fear, described as a honest at all times PeopleNology by heightened perception of being persecuted, Gregory Bodenhamer Nollijy University The false or otherwise. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Their report is reasonable and intellectually honest, which is a welcome change from the fuzzy math of the last eight years. —  Brilliant at Breakfast
  • It's not about "keeping honest people honest," because you don't have to keep honest people honest -- that's why they're honest. —  Techdirt
  • First, your review need to be what I call a honest review. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • When you're open and you're being honest, that is when you're going to find someone who is also open and honest and then life is just going to seem to mesh. —  Ask Dan and Jennifer
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French honeste, from Latin honestus, honorable, from honor, honor (earlier honōs).

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  1. from Middle English honest, onest, from Old French honeste, later honneste, French honnête (later D. Danish honnet = Swedish honnett) = Provencal honest = Spanish Portuguese honesto = Italian onesto, from Latin honestus, full of honor, honorable, worthy, virtuous, decent, from honor, honos, honor (see honor), + suffix -tu-s. The initial h in honest, honor, etc., is merely etymological, the sound having already disappeared when the word came into Middle English use. See remarks under H,1.
  2. from Middle English honesten, from Latin honestare, honor, adorn, grace, from honestus, honorable: see honest, adjective
 

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