probity

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Antonyms 1.3.4 Translations 1.3.5 External links

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[edit] Etymology

< French probité < Latin probitas (“‘uprightness, honesty’”) < probus (“‘good, excellent, honest’”); see probe, prove.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: ['prɘʊbɘ/ɪti]
• prO-bi-tE

[edit] Noun

probity (plural probities)

1. integrity
   • 1748: David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of morals, London: Oxford University Press, 1973, § 1,

     ...they can but bend our hearts to the love of probity and true honour,...

[edit] Synonyms

• honesty
• goodness
• decency
• honor
• virtue
• godliness
• saintliness

[edit] Related terms

• probe
• prove

[edit] Antonyms

• wickedness

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• probity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• probity in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911