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Dishonesty

Dishonesty Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dishonesty? [n] lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing [n] the quality of being dishonest Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dishonesty: knavery Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dishonesty: ambidexterity \| artifice \| bad faith \| ballot-box stuffing \| bunco \| cardsharping \| cheat \| cheating \| chicane \| chicanery \| corruptedness \| corruption \| corruptness \| cozenage \| credibility gap \| criminality \| crookedness \| cunning \| deceitfulness \| deviousness \| diddle \| diddling \| dishonor \| dodge \| double-dealing \| doubleness \| doubleness of heart \| duplicity \| evasiveness \| faithlessness \| falseheartedness \| falsehood \| falseness \| feloniousness \| fibbery \| fibbing \| fishy transaction \| flam \| flimflam \| fraud \| fraudulence \| fraudulency \| gerrymandering \| graft \| grift \| gyp \| gyp joint \| hanky-panky \| illicit business \| imposition \| imposture \| improbity \| indirection \| low cunning \| lying \| Machiavellianism \| mendaciousness \| mendacity \| mythomania \| pseudology \| racket \| scam \| shadiness \| sharp practice \| shiftiness \| slipperiness \| swindle \| treachery \| trickery \| trickiness \| truthlessness \| two-facedness \| unconscientiousness \| underhandedness \| unsavoriness \| unscrupulousness \| unstraightforwardness \| untruthfulness \| unveraciousness \| wile See Also \| actus reus \| betrayal \| charlatanism \| corruption \| corruptness \| crookedness \| deceit \| deceptiveness \| deviousness \| disingenuousness \| falsehood \| falsification \| fraudulence \| larcenous \| misconduct \| obliquity \| perfidy \| quackery \| rascality \| shiftiness \| slipperiness \| thievishness \| treachery \| treason \| trick \| trickiness \| unrighteousness \| unscrupulousness \| untruthfulness \| wrongdoing \| wrongful conduct Dishonesty In Webster's Dictionary \Dishon"esty\, n. [Cf. OF. deshonest['e], F. d['e]shonn[^e]tet['e].] 1. Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame. [Obs.] ``The hidden things of dishonesty.'' --2 Cor. iv. 2. 2. Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness. 3. Violation of trust or of justice; fraud; any deviation from probity; a dishonest act. 4. Lewdness; unchastity. --Shak.

Dishonesty Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dishonesty?

[n] lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
[n] the quality of being dishonest

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dishonesty: knavery

Dishonesty In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*hon"es*ty\, n. [Cf. OF. deshonest['e], F.
d['e]shonn[^e]tet['e].]
1. Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame. [Obs.] ``The hidden
   things of dishonesty.'' --2 Cor. iv. 2.

2. Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want
   of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to
   defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness.

3. Violation of trust or of justice; fraud; any deviation
   from probity; a dishonest act.

4. Lewdness; unchastity. --Shak.

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