honesty
n.
truthfulness, sincerity, integrity, frankness, candor; quality of being honest; chastity; (Botany) European plant that has fragrant purple or white flowers and flat silvery seed pods
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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honesty
Noun
1. the quality of being honest
(synonym) honestness
(antonym) dishonesty
(hypernym) righteousness
(hyponym) scrupulousness
(attribute) straight
2. southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration
(synonym) silver dollar, money plant, satin flower, satinpod, Lunaria annua
(hypernym) herb, herbaceous plant
(member-holonym) Lunaria, genus Lunaria
Honesty
(a.)
The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile.
(a.)
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.
(a.)
Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency.
(a.)
Chastity; modesty.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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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).