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Honesty - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Honesty : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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HONESTY. That principle which requires us to give every one his due. Nul ne
doit slenrichir aux de ens du droit d'autrui.
2. The very object of social order is to promote honesty, and to
restrain dishonesty; to do justice and to prevent injustice. It is no less a
maxim of law than of religion, do unto others as you wish to be done by.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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