Honesty

Quick meaning: Honesty is a noun meaning (uncountable, countable) The act, quality, or condition of being honest.

Meaning

(uncountable, countable) The act, quality, or condition of being honest.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable, countable, obsolete) Honor; decency, propriety.
2. (uncountable, countable, obsolete) Chastity.
3. (countable) Any of various crucifers in the genus Lunaria, several of which are grown as ornamentals, particularly annual honesty (Lunaria annua).

Example Sentences

brutal / devastating / searing honesty

academic / artistic / emotional / intellectual honesty

Have ye no wit, manners, nor honesty, but to gabble like tinkers at this time of night?

There’s no trust, / No faith, no honesty in men; all perjured, / All forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers.

Word Forms

• honesties

Synonyms for honesty

Depending on context, synonyms include candor, sincerity, frankness, sincereness, truthfulness, veraciousness.

Antonyms for honesty

Common opposites include dishonesty.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include honestness, satinpod, honestly, truthful, sincerity, genuineness.

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