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Dishonesty vs. Honesty — What's the Difference?

Dishonesty vs. Honesty — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Dishonesty and Honesty

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Dishonesty

Dishonesty is to act without honesty. It is used to describe a lack of probity, cheating, lying, or deliberately withholding information, or being deliberately deceptive or a lack in integrity, knavishness, perfidiosity, corruption or treacherousness.

Honesty

Honesty is a facet of moral character that connotes positive and virtuous attributes such as integrity, truthfulness, straightforwardness, including straightforwardness of conduct, along with the absence of lying, cheating, theft, etc. Honesty also involves being trustworthy, loyal, fair, and sincere.

Dishonesty

Lack of honesty or integrity; improbity.

Honesty

The quality or condition of being honest; integrity.

Dishonesty

A dishonest act or statement.
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Honesty

Truthfulness; sincerity
In all honesty.

Dishonesty

(uncountable) The characteristic or condition of being dishonest.

Honesty

(Archaic) Chastity.

Dishonesty

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

Honesty

(Botany) A Eurasian plant (Lunaria annua) in the mustard family, cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round, flat, papery, translucent, silver-white seedpods. Also called money plant, satin flower.

Dishonesty

Shamefulness, disgrace.

Honesty

The act, quality, or condition of being honest.
Academic / artistic / emotional / intellectual honesty
Brutal / devastating / searing honesty

Dishonesty

Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame.

Honesty

Honor; decency, propriety.

Dishonesty

Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness.

Honesty

Chastity.

Dishonesty

Violation of trust or of justice; fraud; any deviation from probity; a dishonest act.

Honesty

(countable) Any of various crucifers in the genus Lunaria, several of which are grown as ornamentals, particularly Lunaria annua.

Dishonesty

Lewdness; unchastity.

Honesty

Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency.
She derives her honesty and achieves her goodness.

Dishonesty

The quality of being dishonest

Honesty

The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile.
That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

Dishonesty

Lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing

Honesty

Chastity; modesty.
To lay . . . siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife.

Honesty

Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; - called also lunary and moonwort. Lunaria biennis is common honesty; Lunaria rediva is perennial honesty.

Honesty

The quality of being honest

Honesty

Southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration

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