Honest vs. Honesty

Honestadjective

(of a person or institution) Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright.

‘We're the most honest people you will ever come across.’;

Honestynoun

The act, quality, or condition of being honest.

‘academic / artistic / emotional / intellectual honesty’; ‘brutal / devastating / searing honesty’;

Honestadjective

(of a statement) True, especially as far as is known by the person making the statement; fair; unbiased.

‘an honest account of events; honest reporting’;

Honestynoun

Honor; decency, propriety.

Honestadjective

In good faith; without malice.

‘an honest mistake’;

Honestynoun

Chastity.

Honestadjective

(of a measurement device) Accurate.

‘an honest scale’;

Honestynoun

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

Honestadjective

Authentic; full.

‘an honest day's work’;

Honestynoun

Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency.

‘She derives her honesty and achieves her goodness.’;

Honestadjective

Earned or acquired in a fair manner.

‘an honest dollar’;

Honestynoun

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.’;

Honestadjective

Open; frank.

‘an honest countenance’;

Honestynoun

Chastity; modesty.

‘To lay . . . siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife.’;

Honestadjective

(obsolete) Decent; honourable; suitable; becoming.

Honestynoun

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.

Honestadjective

(obsolete) Chaste; faithful; virtuous.

Honestynoun

the quality of being honest

Honestverb

(obsolete) To adorn or grace; to honour; to make becoming, appropriate, or honourable.

Honestynoun

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

Honestadverb

(colloquial) Honestly; really.

‘It wasn’t my fault, honest.’;

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.

Honestadjective

Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming.

‘Belong what honest clothes you send forth to bleaching!’;

Honestadjective

Characterized by integrity or fairness and straightforwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; - said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession.

‘An honest man's the noblest work of God.’; ‘An honest physician leaves his patient when he can contribute no farther to his health.’; ‘Look ye out among you seven men of honest report.’; ‘Provide things honest in the sight of all men.’;

Honestadjective

Open; frank; as, an honest countenance.

Honestadjective

Chaste; faithful; virtuous.

‘Wives may be merry, and yet honest too.’;

Honestverb

To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable.

Honestadjective

not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent;

‘honest lawyers’; ‘honest reporting’; ‘an honest wage’; ‘honest weight’;

Honestadjective

without dissimulation; frank;

‘my honest opinion’;

Honestadjective

worthy of being depended on;

‘a dependable worker’; ‘an honest working stiff’; ‘a reliable source of information’; ‘he was true to his word’; ‘I would be true for there are those who trust me’;

Honestadjective

free from guile;

‘his answer was simple and honest’;

Honestadjective

without pretensions;

‘worked at an honest trade’; ‘good honest food’;

Honestadjective

habitually speaking the truth;

‘an honest man’; ‘a veracious witness’;

Honestadjective

marked by truth;

‘gave honest answers’;