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Grammar : Noun
Spell : on-uh-stee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒn ə sti



Definition of honesty

Origin :
  • 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.
  • noun truthfulness, candidness
Example sentences :
  • But honesty don't get you bread or bacon, not in this world!
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • The very fact that they come to us for help is an avowal of their honesty.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • The confidence of the public in his honesty was as great a reward as the stakes.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • He must take the oath; and you, with your life, will be responsible for his honesty?
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • The unvarnished fashions of New England honesty grated on his ear.
  • Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
  • But it was in his greatest scene of all, that his honesty got the better of him.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • They are the reward of her love, her courage, and her honesty.
  • Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
  • And, setting the example, he speaks his own with the greatest freedom and honesty.
  • Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
  • In this instance I imagine I can show that honesty is the accompaniment.
  • Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr
  • In my experience the honesty of the Woods Indian is of a very high order.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White

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