honesty

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In any case, your honesty is above suspicion.

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  1. noun The quality or condition of being honest; integrity.
  2. noun Truthfulness; sincerity: in all honesty.
  3. noun Archaic Chastity.

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  • His industry, his ability, and his honesty were acknowledged. —  Life of Cicero
  • It did not occur to us that our honesty was a profound horrorto the others, if for no other reason because we ourselves believed allthese things seriously while the rest of the world regarded such behavioras the expression of a special slyness and disingenuousness, until, to theirgreat, infinite amazement, the revolution gave them a deeper insight intothe boundless stupidity of our honest convictions. —  Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf: Munich
  • Grant thinks her hard work - knocking on 22,000 doors multiple times - and her honesty are the reasons Schulte was the only Republican in the Iowa House and Senate to beat an incumbent Democrat. —  The News-Gazette Local Stories
  • But their honesty is the first of many steps that lead them down the path towards being not just coworkers but friends. —  Becky's Book Reviews
  • The type of misconduct -- Are we talking about public urination or instead something that calls into question a personal quality such as honesty which is not, in most adults, reformable.
 

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  1. from Middle English honeste, honestee, from Old French honeste, honneste, oneste, onneste, honestet = Provencal honestat = Spanish honestad = Italian onestà, from Latin honesta(t-)s, honor, reputation, character, worthiness, honesty, from honestus, honorable, honest: see honest. Cf. honestete.
 

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