Antonyms for dishonesty
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : dis-on-uh-stee |
Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈɒn ə sti |
Definition of dishonesty
Origin :- late 14c., "disgrace, shame, want of honor," from Old French deshonesté (13c.) "dishonor, impropriety," from des- (see dis-) + Latin honestatem "honorableness" (see honesty). Meaning "want of honesty" is recorded from 1590s.
- noun lying; unwillingness to tell the truth
- He had entered into the path of dishonesty, and he was forced to keep on in it.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Dishonesty has its source in the covetousness and greed of the human heart.
- Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
- Will you, in your dishonesty, dare impeach the honesty of men?
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- Either she suspected him of dishonesty, or else she was being dishonest herself.
- Extract from : « Where Angels Fear to Tread » by E. M. Forster
- It is fit that he who accuses another of dishonesty should look into himself.
- Extract from : « The Comic Latin Grammar » by Percival Leigh
- It would be almost as bad as being discharged for dishonesty.
- Extract from : « The Wall Street Girl » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
- Or he may have been honest in his dishonesty; may not have known.
- Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
- When a man begins to compromise with dishonesty, there is only one outcome.
- Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
- The council would have to think a new punishment for dishonesty.
- Extract from : « No Pets Allowed » by M. A. Cummings
- The idea of dishonesty about this office it hits me hard, Cokeson.
- Extract from : « Justice (Second Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
Synonyms for dishonesty
- artifice
- bunk
- cheating
- chicane
- chicanery
- corruption
- craft
- criminality
- crookedness
- cunning
- deceit
- double-dealing
- duplicity
- faithlessness
- falsehood
- falsity
- flimflam
- fourberie
- fraud
- fraudulence
- graft
- guile
- hanky-panky
- hocus-pocus
- improbity
- infamy
- infidelity
- insidiousness
- mendacity
- perfidiousness
- perfidy
- racket
- rascality
- sharp practice
- slyness
- stealing
- swindle
- treachery
- trickery
- trickiness
- unscrupulousness
- wiliness
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