probity
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From French probité, from Latin probitas (“uprightness, honesty”), from probus (“good, excellent, honest”); see probe, prove.
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probity (plural probities)
- 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, …
- 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of morals, London: Oxford University Press, 1973, § 1,
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integrity
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- probity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- probity in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
