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HONESTNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being honest
Synonyms:
honestness; honesty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("honestness" is a kind of...):
righteousness (adhering to moral principles)
Attribute:
square; straight (characterized by honesty and fairness)
corrupt; crooked (not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "honestness"):
scrupulousness (conformity to high standards of ethics or excellence)
integrity (moral soundness)
incorruption; incorruptness (characterized by integrity or probity)
incorruptibility (the incapability of being corrupted)
candidness; candor; candour; directness; forthrightness; frankness (the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech)
good faith; straightness (having honest intentions)
truthfulness (the quality of being truthful)
Derivation:
honest (not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent)
honest (marked by truth)
honest (without dissimulation; frank)
honest (worthy of being depended on)
