Antonyms for honesty

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

Synonyms for honesty

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