Integrity

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: in=teg=ri=ty

CIDE DICTIONARY

Integrity, n. [L. integritas: cf. F. intégrité. See Integer, and cf. Entirety.].

•  The state or quality of being entire or complete; wholeness; entireness; unbroken state; as, the integrity of an empire or territory.  Sir T. More.  [1913 Webster]
•  Moral soundness; honesty; freedom from corrupting influence or motive; -- used especially with reference to the fulfillment of contracts, the discharge of agencies, trusts, and the like; uprightness; rectitude.  [1913 Webster]

  "The moral grandeur of independent integrity is the sublimest thing in nature."  [1913 Webster]

  "Their sober zeal, integrity, and worth."  [1913 Webster]
•  Unimpaired, unadulterated, or genuine state; entire correspondence with an original condition; purity.  [1913 Webster]

  "Language continued long in its purity and integrity."

Syn. -- Honesty; uprightness; rectitude. See Probity.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Integrity, n.
1 moral uprightness; honesty.
2 wholeness; soundness.

Etymology

ME f. F int{eacute}grit{eacute} or L integritas (as INTEGER)

THESAURUS

Integrity

absoluteness, assured probity, blamelessness, character, cleanness, coherence, collectivity, combination, completeness, complex, comprehensiveness, decency, differentiation, differentness, distinctiveness, egohood, elementarity, embodiment, entireness, entirety, erectness, estimableness, exhaustiveness, fairness, forthrightness, fullness, fundamentality, fusion, good character, goodness, high ideals, high principles, high-mindedness, homogeneity, honesty, honor, honorableness, human factor, identity, immaculacy, inclusiveness, incorruptibility, incorruption, individualism, individuality, indivisibility, intactness, integer, integrality, integration, inviolability, irreducibility, irreproachability, irreproachableness, justice, justness, monism, moral excellence, moral strength, morality, nobility, nominalism, nonconformity, omnipresence, oneness, organic unity, particularism, particularity, perfection, personal equation, personal identity, personality, personship, pervasiveness, plainness, plenitude, principle, principles, probity, pureness, purity, rectitude, reputability, respectability, righteousness, self-identity, selfhood, selfness, selfsameness, severity, simpleness, simplicity, singleness, singularity, solidarity, solidification, solidity, soul, soundness, stability, stainlessness, starkness, straightforwardness, thoroughness, togetherness, totality, trustworthiness, ubiquity, unadulteration, undividedness, unification, uniformity, unimpeachability, unimpeachableness, uniqueness, unity, universality, univocity, unmixedness, unsophistication, unspottedness, uprightness, upstandingness, veracity, virtue, virtuousness, whole, wholeness, worthiness

ROGET THESAURUS

Integrity

Whole

N whole, totality, integrity, totalness, entirety, ensemble, collectiveness, unity, completeness, indivisibility, indiscerptibility, integration, embodiment, integer, all, the whole, total, aggregate, one and all, gross amount, sum, sum total, tout ensemble, length and breadth of, Alpha and Omega, be all and end all, complex, complexus, lock stock and barrel, bulk, mass, lump, tissue, staple, body, compages, trunk, torso, bole, hull, hulk, skeleton greater part, major part, best part, principal part, main part, essential part, lion's share, Benjamin's mess, the long and the short, nearly, all, almost all, whole, total, integral, entire, complete, one, individual, unbroken, intact, uncut, undivided, unsevered, unclipped, uncropped, unshorn, seamless, undiminished, undemolished, undissolved, undestroyed, unbruised, indivisible, indissoluble, indissolvable, indiscerptible, wholesale, sweeping, comprehensive, wholly, altogether, totally, entirely, all, all in all, as a whole, wholesale, in a body, collectively, all put together, in the aggregate, in the lump, in the mass, in the gross, in the main, in the long run, en masse, as a body, on the whole, bodily, en bloc, in extenso, throughout, every inch, substantially, tout bien ou rien.

Probity

N probity, integrity, rectitude, uprightness, honesty, faith, honor, bonne foi, good faith, bona fides, purity, clean hands, fairness, fair play, justice, equity, impartiality, principle, even-handedness, grace, constancy, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty, incorruption, incorruptibility, trustworthiness, truth, candor, singleness of heart, veracity, tender conscience, punctilio, delicacy, nicety, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, scruple, point, point of honor, punctuality, dignity, (repute), respectability, respectableness, gentilhomme, gentleman, man of honor, man of his word, fidus Achates, preux chevalier, galantuomo, truepenny, trump, brick, true Briton, white man, court of honor, a fair field and no favor, argumentum ad verecundiam, upright, honest, honest as daylight, veracious, virtuous, honorable, fair, right, just, equitable, impartial, evenhanded, square, fair and aboveboard, open and aboveboard, white, constant, constant as the northern star, faithful, loyal, staunch, true, true blue, true to one's colors, true to the core, true as the needle to the pole, marble-constant, true- hearted, trusty, trustworthy, as good as one's word, to be depended on, incorruptible, straightforward, frank, candid, open-hearted, conscientious, tender-conscienced, right-minded, high-principled, high-minded, scrupulous, religious, strict, nice, punctilious, correct, punctual, respectable, reputable, gentlemanlike, inviolable, inviolate, unviolated, unbroken, unbetrayed, unbought, unbribed, innocent, pure, stainless, unstained, untarnished, unsullied, untainted, unperjured, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, undepraved, undebauched, integer vitae scelerisque purus, justus et tenax propositi, chivalrous, jealous of honor, sans peur et sans reproche, high-spirited, supramundane, unworldly, other-worldly, overscrupulous, honorable, bona fide, on the square, in good faith, honor bright, foro conscientiae, with clean hands, a face untaught to feign, bene qui latuit bene vixit, mens sibi conscia recti, probitas laudatur et alget, fidelis ad urnam, his heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth, loyaute m'oblige, loyaute n'a honte, what stronger breastplate than a heart untainted?.

Virtue

N virtue, virtuousness, morality, moral rectitude, integrity, nobleness, morals, ethics, cardinal virtues, merit, worth, desert, excellence, credit, self-control, self-denial, well-doing, good actions, good behavior, discharge of duty, fulfillment of duty, performance of duty, well-spent life, innocence, virtuous, good, innocent, meritorious, deserving, worthy, desertful, correct, dutiful, duteous, moral, right, righteous, right- minded, well-intentioned, creditable, laudable, commendable, praiseworthy, above all praise, beyond all praise, excellent, admirable, sterling, pure, noble, whole-souled, exemplary, matchless, peerless, saintly, saint-like, heaven-born, angelic, seraphic, godlike, virtuously, adj, e merito, esse quam videri bonus malebat, Schonheit vergeht Tugend besteht, virtue the greatest of all monarchies, virtus laudatur et alget, virtus vincit invidiam.