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Honesty

Honesty Meaning & Definition
Honesty Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Honesty?

[n] the quality of being honest
[n] southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration

Synonyms | Synonyms for Honesty: honestness | Lunaria annua | money plant | satin flower | satinpod | silver dollar

Related Terms | Find terms related to Honesty: absolute realism | artlessness | assured probity | authenticity | blamelessness | bluntness | bona fideness | candor | character | cleanness | conscientiousness | decency | dependability | directness | disinterestedness | equitableness | equity | erectness | estimableness | fairness | forthrightness | frankness | genuineness | good character | goodness | guilelessness | high ideals | high principles | high-mindedness | honor | honorableness | immaculacy | impartiality | inartificiality | incorruption | ingenuousness | integrity | irreproachability | irreproachableness | justice | justness | legitimacy | lifelikeness | literalism | literality | literalness | moral excellence | moral strength | morality | naturalism | naturalness | nobility | objectivity | openness | outspokenness | photographic realism | principles | probity | pureness | purity | realism | realness | rectitude | reliability | reputability | respectability | righteousness | scrupulousness | sincerity | stainlessness | straightforwardness | true-to-lifeness | trustworthiness | truth to nature | truthfulness | unadulteration | unaffectedness | unfictitiousness | unimpeachability | unimpeachableness | unspeciousness | unspottedness | unspuriousness | unsyntheticness | uprightness | upstandingness | veracity | verisimilitude | virtue | virtuousness | worthiness

See Also | candidness | candor | candour | forthrightness | frankness | genus Lunaria | good faith | herb | herbaceous plant | incorruptibility | incorruption | incorruptness | integrity | Lunaria | righteousness | scrupulousness | straightness | truthfulness

Honesty In Webster's Dictionary

\Hon"es*ty\, n. [OE. honeste, oneste, honor, OF. honest['e], onest['e] (cf. F. honn[^e]tet['e]), L. honestas. See {Honest}, a.] 1. Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency. [Obs.] --Chaucer. She derives her honesty and achieves her goodness. --Shak. 2. The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile. That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. --1 Tim. ii. 2. 3. Chastity; modesty. --Chaucer. To lay . . . siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife. --Shak. 4. (Bot.) Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also {lunary} and {moonwort}. {Lunaria biennis} is common honesty; {L. rediva} is perennial honesty. Syn: Integrity; probity; uprightness; trustiness; faithfulness; honor; justice; equity; fairness; candor; plain-dealing; veracity; sincerity.

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