Honesty - English meaning

Honesty – definitions in English dictionary

noun
The quality of being honest.
Usage examples:
They spoke with convincing honesty about their fears
Synonims:
Moral correctness Uprightness Honourableness Honour Integrity Morals Morality Ethics Principle (high) principles Nobility Righteousness Rectitude Right-mindedness Upstandingness Virtue Goodne
noun
A european plant with purple or white flowers and round, flat, translucent seed pods which are used for indoor flower arrangements.
Usage examples:
Honesty flowers early in the year and provides nectar for early butterflies such as the orange tip.

noun
The quality of being honest
Usage examples:
The judge praised the girl’s honesty.

Honesty translation into English

Honesty: translate from English into Chinese

诚实, 信实, 忱

Honesty: translate from English into Dutch

Eerlijkheid, Rechtschapenheid, Judaspenning

Honesty: translate from English into French

Honnêteté, Probité, Sincérité, Intégrité, Innocence

Honesty: translate from English into German

Ehrlichkeit, Aufrichtigkeit, Redlichkeit, Rechtschaffenheit, Anständigkeit, Silberblatt, Freimütigkeit, Mondviole, Judassilberling

Honesty: translate from English into Hindi

ईमानदारी, सच्चाई, ईमान, शुचिता, सत्यवादिता, नेकनीयती, सच्चापन, सत्यता, निष्कपटता, प्रामाणिकता

Honesty: translate from English into Italian

Onestà, Correttezza, Lealtà

Honesty: translate from English into Korean

정직, 정절, 루나리아

Honesty: translate from English into Russian

Честность, Правдивость, Лунник

Honesty: translate from English into Spanish

Honestidad, Honradez, Franqueza, Rectitud, Nobleza

Word origin

Middle English: from Old French honeste, from Latin honestas, from honestus (see honest). The original sense was ‘honour, respectability’, later ‘decorum, virtue, chastity’. The plant is so n

Study English words for free

Worder is a free project where you can save words, add translations and study English words.

In order to use our service, you need a free account. You can sign in or sign up an account right now. You can use it in our application afterward.

* The project is being actively developed right now. So, not all functions are available, but we update it regularly.

Honesty synonims

ethics

noun
A set of moral principles, especially ones relating to or affirming a specified group, field, or form of conduct.
Usage examples:
The puritan ethic was being replaced by the hedonist ethic

plural noun
Moral principles that govern a person's behaviour or the conducting of an activity.
Usage examples:
Medical ethics also enter into the question

plural noun
The branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles.
Usage examples:
Neither metaphysics nor ethics is the home of religion

Ethics - all meanings in English

honour

noun
High respect; great esteem.
Usage examples:
His portrait hangs in the place of honour

verb
Regard with great respect.
Usage examples:
They honoured their parents in all they did

verb
To do what you promised or agreed to do
Usage examples:
Honour an agreement/contract/deal all existing contracts will be honoured., honour a commitment/ple…

Honour - all meanings in English

integrity

noun
The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles.
Usage examples:
A gentleman of complete integrity

An undivided or unbroken completeness with nothing wanting

Integrity - all meanings in English

morality

noun
Principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behaviour.
Usage examples:
The matter boiled down to simple morality: innocent prisoners ought to be freed

noun
A personal or social set of standards for good or bad behavior and character, or the quality of being right and honest
Usage examples:
[ u ] technology is neutral – its morality is determined by its political or social use.

Morality - all meanings in English

morals

noun
A lesson that can be derived from a story or experience.
Usage examples:
The moral of this story was that one must see the beauty in what one has

adjective
Concerned with the principles of right and wrong behaviour.
Usage examples:
The moral dimensions of medical intervention

adjective
Holding or manifesting high principles for proper conduct.
Usage examples:
He prides himself on being a highly moral and ethical person

Morals - all meanings in English

nobility

noun
The quality of being noble in character.
Usage examples:
A man of nobility and learning

noun
The class or group of people who have a high social rank, esp. from birth

Nobility - all meanings in English

principle

noun
A fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behaviour or for a chain of reasoning.
Usage examples:
The basic principles of justice

Principle - all meanings in English

rectitude

noun
Morally correct behaviour or thinking; righteousness.
Usage examples:
Mattie is a model of rectitude

Rectitude - all meanings in English

righteousness

noun
The quality of being morally right or justifiable.
Usage examples:
We had little doubt about the righteousness of our cause

noun
Morally correct behaviour , or a feeling that you are behaving in a morally correct way
Usage examples:
She is completely convinced of her own righteousness., he has left the path of righteousness.

Righteousness - all meanings in English

uprightness

noun
The state of being in a vertical position.
Usage examples:
Steadying himself, he slowly managed to achieve a state of relative uprightness

noun
The quality of being honest, responsible, and moral

Uprightness - all meanings in English

virtue

noun
Behaviour showing high moral standards.
Usage examples:
Paragons of virtue

noun
A good moral quality in a person, or the general quality of goodness in a person
Usage examples:
[ c ] patience is a virtue., [ c ] caution is a useful virtue.

Virtue - all meanings in English

My Worder

Please register or authorize in order to use all the features of our service.

Our statistic

🙏 Support our free project clicking on the ads below:

Learn English words everywhere!

All our English words and phrases are available for learning for free in our mobile application.

We also provide a browser extension which allows you to find words in our database right in your browser.

Or simply scan this code: