honesty

English

Etymology

From Old French honesté (French: honnêteté) (honest + -y).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɒnəsti/, SAMPA: /"Qn@sti/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈɑːnəsti/, SAMPA: /"A:n@sti/

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Noun

honesty (countable and uncountable; plural honesties)

1. (uncountable) The act, quality, or condition of being honest; to be truthful
2. Any of various crucifers in the genus Lunaria, several of which are grown as ornamentals.

Antonyms

• dishonesty

Derived terms

• honesty is the best policy

Translations

quality of being honest

Albanian: ndershmëri f. Catalan: honradesa f., honestedat f. Chinese: Mandarin: 誠實 (cmn), 诚实 (cmn) (chéngshí) Czech: poctivost (cs) n. Danish: ærlighed (da) Dutch: eerlijkheid (nl) f. French: honnêteté (fr) f. German: Ehrlichkeit (de) f. Greek: εντιμότητα (el) (entimótita) f., τιμιότητα (el) (timiótita) f., χρηστότητα (el) (christótita) f., ευσυνειδησία (el) (efsynidisía) f., ηθικότητα (el) (ithikótita) f., ευθύτητα (el) (efthýtita) f. Italian: onestà (it) f., lealtà (it) f., correttezza (it) f.

Japanese: 正直 (ja) (しょうじき, shōjiki) Korean: 정직 (ko) (jeong-jik) (正直 (ko)) Malay: sathyasandhatha Norwegian: ærlighet (no) m./f. Polish: szczerość (pl) f. Portuguese: honestidade (pt) f. Romanian: onestitate (ro) Russian: честность (ru) (čéstnost') f., добросовестность (ru) (dobrosovestnost') f. Scottish Gaelic: ionracas m., onair (gd) f. Spanish: honradez (es) f., sinceridad (es) f., honestidad (es) Swedish: ärlighet (sv) c. Telugu: నిజాయితి (nijaayiti) Turkish: dürüstlük (tr)

ornamental plant

German: Mondviole (de) f., Silberblatt (de) n.