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
- 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
- bluntness
- candor
- confidence
- conscientiousness
- equity
- evenhandedness
- fairness
- faithfulness
- fidelity
- frankness
- genuineness
- goodness
- honor
- impeccability
- incorruptibility
- integrity
- justness
- loyalty
- morality
- openness
- outspokenness
- plainness
- principle
- probity
- rectitude
- reputability
- responsibility
- right
- scrupulousness
- self-respect
- sincerity
- soundness
- straightforwardness
- straightness
- trustiness
- trustworthiness
- uprightness
- veracity
- virtue
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