| Main Entry: | probity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fairness, honesty |
Synonyms: |
equity, fidelity, goodness, honor, integrity, justice, morality, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, sincerity, trustworthiness, truthfulness, uprightness, virtue, worth |
Antonyms: |
deceit, dishonesty, unfairness |
| Concept: | Probity. |
| Category: | 3. Moral conditions |
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-nouns
probity, integrity, rectitude; uprightness; honesty, faith; honor; bonne foi, good faith, bona fides; purity, clean hands., fairness; fair play, justice, equity, impartiality, principle; grace., constancy; faithfulness; fidelity, loyalty; incorruption, incorrupibility., trustworthiness; truth, candor, singleness of heart; veracity; tender conscience (sense of duty)., punctilio, delicacy, nicety; scrupulosity, scrupulousness; scruple; point, point of honor; punctuality., dignity, (repute) [more]; respectability, respectableness adj; gentilhomme, gentleman; man of honor, man of his word; fidus Achates, preux chevalier, galantuomo; truepenny, trump, brick; true Briton., court of honor, a fair field and no favor; argumentum ad verecundiam.
-verbs
be honorable; deal honorably, deal squarely, deal impartially, deal fairly; speak the truth (veracity); draw a straight furrow; tell the truth and shame the Devel, vitam impendere vero; show a proper spirit, make a point of; do one's duty (virtue) [more]., redeem one's pledge [more]; keep one's promise, be as good as one's promise, be as good as one's word; keep faith with, not fail., give and take, audire alteram partem, give the Devil his due, put the saddle on the right horse., redound to one's honor.
-adjectives
upright; honest, honest as daylight; veracious; virtuous; honorable; fair, right, just, equitable, impartial, evenhanded, square; fair and aboveboard, open and aboveboard; white [U.S.]., constant, constant as the northern star; faithful, loyal, staunch; true, true blue, true to one's colors, true to the core, true as the needle to the pole; "marble-constant" [Antony and Cleopatra]; true-hearted, trusty, trustworthy; as good as one's word, to be depended on, incorruptible., straightforward (ingenuous); frank, candid, open-hearted., conscientious, tender-conscienced, right-minded; high-principled, high-minded; scrupulous, religious, strict; nice, punctilious, correct, punctual; respectable, reputable; gentlemanlike., inviolable, inviol-ate; unviolated, unbroken, unbetrayed; unbought, unbribed.
-adverbs
honorable; bona fide; on the square, in good faith, honor bright, foro conscientiae, with clean hands.
-phrases
"a face untaught to feign" [Pope]; bene qui latuit bene vixit [Ovid]; mens sibi conscia recti; probitas laudatur et alget [Juvenal]; fidelis ad urnam; "his heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth" [Two Gentlemen]; loyaute m'oblige; loyaute n'a honte; "what stronger breastplate than a heart
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Antonyms: |
improbity |
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| Main Entry: | candor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complete honesty |
Synonyms: |
artlessness, directness, fairness, forthrightness, frankness, glasnost, guilelessness, honesty, impartiality, ingenuousness, naiveté, openness, outspokenness, probity, simplicity, sincerity, straightforwardness, truthfulness, unequivocalness, uprightness, veracity |
Antonyms: |
artifice, deception, falsehood, guile, lying |
| Main Entry: | good |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | morality |
Synonyms: |
class, dignity, excellence, ideal, merit, prerogative, probity, quality, rectitude, right, righteousness, straight, uprightness, value, virtue, worth |
| Notes: | using good as an adverb in place of well ("she dances real good," "he did good") is nonstandard usage - so, it would be best to say "she dances very well," "he did well" well is an adverb to describe an activity; good is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
Antonyms: |
evil, immorality, sin, wickedness |
| Main Entry: | goodness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decency, excellence |
Synonyms: |
advantage, beneficence, benefit, benevolence, ethicality, friendliness, generosity, good will, grace, graciousness, honesty, honor, humaneness, integrity, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindness, mercy, merit, morality, nourishment, obligingness, probity, quality, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, superiority, uprightness, value, virtue, wholesomeness, worth |
Antonyms: |
evil, indecency, meanness, wickedness |
| Main Entry: | honesty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | truthfulness, candidness |
Synonyms: |
bluntness, candor, confidence, conscientiousness, equity, evenhandedness, fairness, faithfulness, fidelity, frankness, genuineness, goodness, honor, impeccability, incorruptibility, integrity, justness, loyalty, morality, openness, outspokenness, plainness, principle, probity, rectitude, reputability, responsibility, right, scrupulousness, self-respect, sincerity, soundness, straightforwardness, straightness, trustiness, trustworthiness, uprightness, veracity, virtue |
Antonyms: |
artifice, cheating, deceit, deception, dishonesty, duplicity, falsehood, fraud, fraudulence, lying, treachery |
| Main Entry: | honor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | integrity |
Synonyms: |
character, chastity, courage, decency, fairness, goodness, honestness, honesty, incorruption, incorruptness, innocence, modesty, morality, morals, principles, probity, purity, rectitude, righteousness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, uprightness, virtue |
Antonyms: |
blemish, disgrace, dishonor, ill repute, stigma |
| Main Entry: | innocence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blamelessness |
Synonyms: |
chastity, clean hands, clear conscience, guiltlessness, immaculateness, impeccability, incorruptibility, incorruption, inculpability, probity, purity, righteousness, sinlessness, stainlessness, uprightness, virtue |
Antonyms: |
badness, blame, corruption, evil, guilt, sin |
| Main Entry: | integrity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | honor, uprightness |
Synonyms: |
candor, forthrightness, goodness, honestness, honesty, honorableness, incorruptibility, incorruption, principle, probity, purity, rectitude, righteousness, sincerity, straightforwardness, virtue |
Antonyms: |
corruption, disgrace, dishonesty, dishonor |
| Main Entry: | loyalty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | faithfulness, dependability |
Synonyms: |
adherence, allegiance, ardor, attachment, bond, conscientiousness, constancy, devotedness, devotion, duty, earnestness, faith, fealty, fidelity, homage, honesty, honor, incorruptibility, integrity, inviolability, obedience, patriotism, probity, reliability, resolution, scrupulousness, sincerity, single-mindedness, singleness, staunchness, steadfastness, subjection, submission, support, tie, troth, trueheartedness, trueness, trustiness, trustworthiness, truth, truthfulness, uprightness, zeal |
Antonyms: |
disloyalty, undependability, unfaithfulness |