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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