dishonesty

English

Etymology

Old French deshonesté

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈɒnɪ.stɪ/

Noun

dishonesty (usually uncountable, plural dishonesties)

1. (uncountable) The characteristic or condition of being dishonest.
   • 1602, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, act 3 scene 4,

     His dishonesty appears in leaving his friend here in necessity and denying him.

2. (countable) An act which is fraudulent or otherwise dishonest.

Antonyms

• honesty

Translations

characteristic or condition of being dishonest

• Bulgarian: нечестност (bg) f (nečestnost), непочтеност (bg) f (nepočtenost)
• Czech: nepoctivost f
• Irish: caimiléireacht f, ainionracas m, caime f, camastaíl f, éigneastacht f, eisionracas m, míchneastacht f, mí-ionracas m, mímhacántacht f
• Latin: fraudulentia f
• Maori: whakapōhēhē, whakapōhēhētanga
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• Polish: nieuczciwość (pl) f
• Portuguese: desonestidade (pt) f
• Swedish: oärlighet (sv) c

an act which is fraudulent or dishonest

• Bulgarian: измама (bg) f (izmama), мошеничество (bg) n (mošeničestvo)
• Maori: whakapōhēhē, whakapōhēhētanga
• Polish: nieuczciwość (pl) f
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• Portuguese: desonestidade (pt) f
• Swedish: oärlighet (sv) c

References

• “dishonesty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “dishonesty”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.