probity

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His loyalty was sincere; his probity was above suspicion--(and it made him sufficiently conspicuous in that trivial and conscienceless Court In restoring Richemont to France, Joan made thoroughly secure the successful completion of the great work which she had begun.

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  1. noun Complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness: "He was a gentlemanly Georgian, a person of early American probity” (Mary McGrory).

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  • He tried one Bartholomew to supply the place of the invaluable Kelly; but he being a man of some little probity, and of no imagination at all, the spirits would not hold any communication with him. —  Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
  • Through the medium of a free press the wisdom, probity, and philanthropy which pervade Britain exercise an almost unbounded sway over every part of India, to the incalculable advantage of its inhabitants; constituting a triumph of virtue and wisdom thus unknown to the ancients, and which will increase in its effects in exact proportion to the increase in Britain of justice, generosity, and love to mankind. —  Life of William Carey
  • And if you are looking for probity, the difficulty increases. —  The Simple Life
  • He was a man of probity, and of some ability, but a deliberate; impossible to hurry, and not easy, as it seemed, even to interest. —  On the Stairs
  • The cry of 'Clo'-pole-line-pins' is one long familiar to the neighbourhood; and as this honest couple have earned a good reputation by a long course of civility and probity, they enjoy the advantage of a pretty extensive connection. —  Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 448 Volume 18, New Series, July 31, 1852
 

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  1. Middle English probite, from Old French, from Latin probitās, from probus, upright, good; see per1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French probité = Spanish probidad = Portuguese probidade = Italian probità, from Latin probita(t-)s, uprightness, honesty, from probus, good, excellent, honest: see probe, prove.
 

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