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   Hon·es·ty

   /ˈänəstē/

   

   noun

   • 1. the quality of being honest: "they spoke with convincing honesty about their fears" Similar moral correctnessuprightnesshonorablenesshonorintegritymoralsmoralityethicsprinciple(high) principlesnobilityrighteousnessrectituderight-mindednessupstandingnessvirtuegoodnessprobityworthinesshigh-mindednessjustnessfairnessincorruptibilitytruthfulnesstruthveracitytrustworthinessreliabilityconscientiousnessscrupulousnessreputabilitydependabilityloyaltyfaithfulnessfidelitytruthfulnesstruthsinceritycandorfranknessdirectnessforthrightnessopennessstraightforwardnessplainnessgenuinenessbluntnessoutspokennessOpposite dishonestyinsincerity
   • ▪ referring to or using a way of charging for goods or services that relies on the customers to leave money in an unattended receptacle even though there is no one to collect their payments: British "an honesty bar"
   • 2. a European plant with purple or white flowers and round, flat, translucent seedpods that are used for indoor flower arrangements.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French honeste, from Latin honestas, from honestus (see honest). The original sense was ‘honor, respectability’, later ‘decorum, virtue, chastity’. The plant is so named from its seed pods, translucency symbolizing lack of deceit.

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