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honest
adj. truthful, frank, candid


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Honesty
"Honest" redirects here, For other uses, see Honesty (disambiguation) Honesty is the human quality of communicating and acting truthfully related to truth as a value. This includes listening, and any action in the human repertoire — as well as speaking. Superficially, honesty means simply,stating facts and views as best one truly believes them to be. It includes both honesty to others, and to oneself (see: self-deception) and about ones own motives and inner reality. Dishonesty, at times, has the ability to cause misfortune to the person who lied.
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honest
Adjective
1. not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting"; "an honest wage"; "honest weight"
(synonym) honorable
(antonym) dishonest, dishonorable
(similar) downright
(see-also) direct
2. without dissimulation; frank; "my honest opinion"
(similar) sincere
3. worthy of being depended on; "a dependable worker"; "an honest working stiff"; "a reliable source of information"; "he was true to his word"; "I would be true for there are those who trust me"
(synonym) dependable, reliable, true(p)
(similar) trustworthy, trusty
4. free from guile; "his answer was simple and honest"
(synonym) guileless
(similar) artless
5. without pretensions; "worked at an honest trade"; "good honest food"
(similar) unpretentious
6. habitually speaking the truth; "an honest man"; "a veracious witness"
(synonym) veracious
(similar) truthful, true
7. marked by truth; "gave honest answers"
(similar) truthful, true


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Honest
(a.)
To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable.
  
 
(a.)
Open; frank; as, an honest countenance.
  
 
(a.)
Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming.
  
 
(a.)
Chaste; faithful; virtuous.
  
 
(a.)
Characterized by integrity or fairness and straight/forwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; -- said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession.
  

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Chinese idioms explained in EnglishDownload this dictionary
尔虞我诈
er3 yu2 wo3 zha4
You cheat, I swindle.
Originally meaning that neither party was trying to cheat. Nowadays speaking of mutual distrust with both parties playing tricks on each other. Alternative form: 尔诈我虞 (er3 zha1 wo3 yu2).


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