honesty

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English honeste (“honour, integrity”), from Old French honesté (compare modern French honnêteté) (honest +‎ -y); the plant, from the visibility of the seeds through the translucent pods. Displaced native Old English sōþfæstnes; and non-native Middle English prodonomee, from Old French prodomie. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒn.ɪ.sti/, /ˈɒn.ə.sti/, /ˈɒn.ə.stɪ/ (RP dated) IPA(key): /ˈɔː.nɪstɪ/ (General American, dialects of Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɑ.nɪ.sti/, /ˈɑ.nə.sti/ (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA(key): /ˈɒn.ɪ.sti/, /ˈɒn.ə.sti/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɔn.ɪ.sti/, /ˈɔn.ə.sti/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɒn.ə.sti/, [ˈɔ̟n.ə.sti] === Noun === honesty (countable and uncountable, plural honesties) (uncountable, countable) The act, quality, or condition of being honest. Synonyms: candor, sincerity; see also Thesaurus:veracity 1787, George Colman, Junior, Inkle and Yarico, London: G.G.J. & J. Robinson, Act 2, p. 45,[1] O give me your plain dealing Fellows Who never from honesty shrink; Not thinking on all they shou’d tell us, But telling us all that they think. (uncountable, countable, obsolete) Honor; decency, propriety. Synonyms: integrity, rectitude, uprightness; see also Thesaurus:probity (uncountable, countable, obsolete) Chastity. Synonyms: chasteness, continence c. 1625, John Fletcher, The Fair Maid of the Inn, Act V, Scene 1, in Alexander Dyce (editor), The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, New York: Appleton, 1890, Volume 2, p. 669, […] Oh, these vild women, That are so ill preservers of men’s honours, They cannot govern their own honesties! (countable) Any of various crucifers in the genus Lunaria, several of which are grown as ornamentals, particularly annual honesty (Lunaria annua). ==== Antonyms ==== dishonesty ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “honesty”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Middle English == === Noun === honesty alternative form of honeste (“honour”)