honesty
[on-uh-stee]
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Origin of honesty
Synonyms
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1. dishonesty.
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confidence, candor, veracity, virtue, probity, frankness, loyalty, honor, self-respect, responsibility, sincerity, fairness, faithfulness, integrity, rectitude, morality, trustworthiness, soundness, openness, rightExamples from the Web for honesty
Contemporary Examples
I think a lot of it has to do with the attitude and the energy behind it and the honesty.
There was so much beauty, talent, potential, and most importantly, honesty in your work.
Her followers love her honesty and the popularity of the blog grows.
In all honesty she may be handling it better, in terms of not letting it affect her as a person or screw up her life.
And equal to Bunning in decency, honesty, fullness of thought, and forwardly straight talk was Rick Robinson.
Historical Examples
But honesty don't get you bread or bacon, not in this world!
Way of the LawlessMax Brand
The very fact that they come to us for help is an avowal of their honesty.
Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton CampusJessie Graham Flower
The confidence of the public in his honesty was as great a reward as the stakes.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
He must take the oath; and you, with your life, will be responsible for his honesty?
Night and Morning, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
The unvarnished fashions of New England honesty grated on his ear.
Hetty's Strange HistoryAnonymous
honesty
- the condition of being honest
- sincerity or fairness
- archaic virtue or respect
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Word Origin and History for honesty
n.
early 14c., "splendor, honor; elegance," later "honorable position; propriety of behavior, good manners; virginity, chastity" (late 14c.), from Old French honesté (Modern French honnêteté), from Latin honestatem (nominative honestas) "honor received from others; reputation, character;" figuratively "uprightness, probity, integrity, virtue," from honestus (see honest). Meaning "moral purity, uprightness, virtue, justness" is from c.1400; in English, the word originally had more to do with honor than honest.
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