integrity

English

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Etymology

From Middle French intégrité, from Latin integritās (“soundness, integrity”), from integer.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɛɡɹəti/

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Noun

integrity (countable and uncountable, plural integrities)

1. Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.
2. The state of being wholesome; unimpaired
3. The quality or condition of being complete; pure
4. (cryptography) With regards to data encryption, ensuring that information is not altered by unauthorized persons in a way that is not detectable by authorized users.
5. (aviation) The ability of a system to provide timely warnings to users when they should not be used for navigation.

Derived terms

• integrous (very rare)

Synonyms

Synonyms

honesty uprightness rectitude unity wholeness purity

goodness probity sincerity virtue decency

Translations

steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code

• Catalan: integritat f
• Cebuano: integridad
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 正直 (zh) (zhèngzhí)

• Czech: integrita (cs) f, zásadovost f
• Finnish: rehellisyys (fi), suoraselkäisyys
• German: Integrität (de) f
• Italian: integrità (it) f

• Latin: honestas f, integritas f
• Portuguese: integridade (pt) f
• Romanian: integritate (ro) f
• Russian: честность (ru) f (čéstnost')
• Serbo-Croatian: integritet, čestitost
• Spanish: integridad (es)
• Swahili: uadilifu (sw)
• Swedish: integritet (sv) c

state of being wholesome; unimpaired

• Catalan: integritat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 完整性 (zh) (wánzhěngxìng)

• Czech: integrita (cs) f, celistvost f
• Finnish: eheys, yhtenäisyys, kokonaisuus (fi)
• German: Integrität (de) f

• Italian: integrità (it) f
• Latin: integritas f
• Portuguese: integridade (pt) f
• Russian: целостность (ru) f (célostnost')
• Serbo-Croatian: cjelovitost
• Swahili: uadilifu (sw)

quality or condition of being complete; pure

• Catalan: enteresa f
• Cebuano: lunsay
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 完整性 (zh) (wánzhěngxìng)

• Finnish: eheys

• German: Integrität (de) f
• Italian: integrità (it) f
• Latin: integritas f, puritas f
• Portuguese: integridade (pt) f
• Russian: целостность (ru) f (célostnost')
• Swahili: uadilifu (sw)