What does Integrity mean?

Definitions for Integrity
ɪnˈtɛg rɪ tiin·tegri·ty

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. integrity, unity, wholenessnoun

    an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting

    "the integrity of the nervous system is required for normal development"; "he took measures to insure the territorial unity of Croatia"

  2. integritynoun

    moral soundness

    "he expects to find in us the common honesty and integrity of men of business"; "they admired his scrupulous professional integrity"

Wiktionary

  1. integritynoun

    Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.

  2. integritynoun

    The state of being wholesome; unimpaired

  3. integritynoun

    The quality or condition of being complete; pure

  4. integritynoun

    With regards to data encryption, ensuring that information is not altered by unauthorized persons in a way that is not detectable by authorized users.

  5. integritynoun

    The ability of a system to provide timely warnings to users when they should not be used for navigation.

  6. Etymology: From integritas, from integer.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Integritynoun

    Etymology: integrité, Fr. integritas, from integer, Lat.

    Your dishonour
    Mangles true judgment, and bereaves the state
    Of that integrity which should become it. William Shakespeare, Coriol.

    Macduff, this noble passion,
    Child of integrity, hath from my soul
    Wip'd the black scruples, reconcil'd my thoughts
    To thy good truth and honour. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    Whoever has examined both parties cannot go far towards the extremes of either, without violence to his integrity or understanding. Jonathan Swift.

    The libertine, instead of attempting to corrupt our integrity, will conceal and disguise his own vices. John Rogers.

    Language continued long in its purity and integrity. Matthew Hale.

    Take away this transformation, and there is no chasm, nor can it affect the integrity of the action. William Broome.

Wikipedia

  1. Integrity

    Integrity is the practice of being honest and showing a consistent and uncompromising adherence to strong moral and ethical principles and values. In ethics, integrity is regarded as the honesty and truthfulness or accuracy of one's actions. Integrity can stand in opposition to hypocrisy, in that judging with the standards of integrity involves regarding internal consistency as a virtue, and suggests that parties holding within themselves apparently conflicting values should account for the discrepancy or alter their beliefs. The word integrity evolved from the Latin adjective integer, meaning whole or complete. In this context, integrity is the inner sense of "wholeness" deriving from qualities such as honesty and consistency of character.

ChatGPT

  1. integrity

    Integrity refers to the quality of being honest, having strong moral principles, and being consistent in one's actions, values, methods, measures, principles, expectations, and outcomes. It is associated with truthfulness, fairness, and ethical behavior, and is often seen as the opposite of hypocrisy.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Integritynoun

    the state or quality of being entire or complete; wholeness; entireness; unbroken state; as, the integrity of an empire or territory

  2. Integritynoun

    moral soundness; honesty; freedom from corrupting influence or motive; -- used especially with reference to the fulfillment of contracts, the discharge of agencies, trusts, and the like; uprightness; rectitude

  3. Integritynoun

    unimpaired, unadulterated, or genuine state; entire correspondence with an original condition; purity

Wikidata

  1. Integrity

    Integrity is a concept of consistency of actions, values, methods, measures, principles, expectations, and outcomes. In ethics, integrity is regarded as the honesty and truthfulness or accuracy of one's actions. Integrity can be regarded as the opposite of hypocrisy, in that integrity regards internal consistency as a virtue, and suggests that parties holding apparently conflicting values should account for the discrepancy or alter their beliefs. The word "integrity" stems from the Latin adjective integer. In this context, integrity is the inner sense of "wholeness" deriving from qualities such as honesty and consistency of character. As such, one may judge that others "have integrity" to the extent that they act according to the values, beliefs and principles they claim to hold. A value system's abstraction depth and range of applicable interaction may also function as significant factors in identifying integrity due to their congruence or lack of congruence with observation. A value system may evolve over time while retaining integrity if those who espouse the values account for and resolve inconsistencies.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Integrity

    in-teg′ri-ti, n. entireness, wholeness: the unimpaired state of anything: uprightness: honesty: purity. [See Integer.]

Editors Contribution

  1. integrity

    The truth, sense of fairness and justness, honesty, transparency, ethics and morality expressed through our actions.

    Integrity is an important quality and is valued by all people.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 15, 2020  

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  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Integrity' in Nouns Frequency: #2320

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Integrity in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Integrity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Integrity in a Sentence

  1. Al Thawadi:

    We have always maintained that we have full confidence in the integrity of our bid, we cooperated fully and very transparently with( Michael Garcia) Michael Garcia but did it overshadow or stop our plans, it didn't.

  2. Ron DeSantis:

    I have what we think is the strongest election integrity measures in the country.

  3. Doug Collins:

    That is the most amazing, amazing, lack of honesty and integrity that I have ever seen, in wars, people die. Is that difficult to understand? Its not hard to understand. And, to say that. ...Besmirching the folks who died, thats just amazing to me, even for this majority. Tosit there and keep repeating the lie, afterlie, afterlie. ... People died when there was money we released earlier. Are we going to claim that was because we didnt give them enough money? I dont know. I get it. Yall have an agenda to push, and the clock is ticking.

  4. Xi Jinping:

    Where we see the sort of statement that was issued by the( Russian and Chinese) Presidents after the bilateral meeting, it is concerning because it doesn't present or represent a global order that squares with those ambitions for freedom and openness and sovereignty and the protection of territorial integrity.

  5. Hua Chunying:

    It must be stressed that the Taiwan issue concerns China's sovereignty, territorial integrity and security interests.

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