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1. (n.) honesty
uprightness; integrity; trustworthiness.
2. honesty
truthfulness, sincerity, or frankness.
3. honesty
freedom from deceit or fraud.
4. honesty
a plant, Lunaria annua, of the mustard family, having clusters of purple flowers and semitransparent satiny pods.
5. honesty
Obs. chastity.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME honeste < MF < L honestās, irreg. der. of honestus. See honest , -ty2)
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1. (noun) honesty, honestness
the quality of being honest
2. (noun) honesty, silver dollar, money plant, satin flower, satinpod, Lunaria annua
southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration
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1. (noun) honesty
≠ dishonesty
honesty and integrity
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Honesty
honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency
2. (adj) Honesty
the quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile
3. (adj) Honesty
chastity; modesty
4. (adj) Honesty
satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also lunary and moonwort. Lunaria biennis is common honesty; L. rediva is perennial honesty
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Sense: used to express mild anger etc
Honestly! That was a stupid thing to do!; Surely, if you own up to something, you should be praised for your honesty, not punished.
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 Afrikaans: eerlikheid |
 Arabic: شَرَف، صِدْق |
 Bulgarian: честност |
 Brazilian: honestidade |
 Czech: poctivost, upřímnost |
 German: die Ehrlichkeit |
 Danish: ærlighed |
 Greek: τιμιότητα |
 Spanish: honestidad |
 Estonian: ausus |
 Farsi: صداقت |
 Finnish: rehellisyys |
 French: honnêteté |
 Hebrew: בְּכֵנוּת |
 Hindi: ईमानदारी |
 Croatian: poštenje, iskrenost |
 Hungarian: becsület(esség) |
 Indonesian: kejujuran |
 Icelandic: heiðarleiki |
 Italian: onestà |
 Japanese: 正直 |
 Korean: 정직 |
 Lithuanian: sąžiningumas |
 Latvian: godīgums; atklātība |
 Malay: kejujuran |
 Dutch: eerlijk-, oprechtheid |
 Norwegian: ærlighet, oppriktighet, r |
 Polish: uczciwość |
 Persian: صداقت |
 Pashto: صداقت |
 Portuguese: honestidade |
 Romanian: cinste |
 Russian: честность |
 Slovak: poctivosť |
 Slovenian: poštenost |
 Serbian: poštenje |
 Swedish: ärlighet, hederlighet |
 Thai: ความซื่อสัตย์ |
 Turkish: dürüstlük, namus(luluk) |
 Taiwanese: 誠實 |
 Ukrainian: чесність |
 Urdu: ایمانداری |
 Vietnamese: sự trung thực; thật thà |
 Chinese: 诚实 |
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