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Honesty
honesty
Honesty is the quality of being honest. They said the greatest virtues in a politician were integrity, correctness and honesty. N-UNCOUNT • You say in all honesty when you are saying something that might be disappointing or upsetting, and you want to soften its effect by emphasizing your sincerity. In all honesty, aren’t there already far too many pages of scientific research published every week?... PHRASE: PHR with cl c darkgreen]emphasis
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1.
noun (plural -ties) Date: 14th century 1. obsolete chastity 2. a. fairness and straightforwardness of conduct b. adherence to the facts ; sincerity 3. any of a genus (Lunaria) of European herbs of the mustard family with toothed leaves and flat disk-shaped siliques Synonyms: ~, honor, integrity, probity mean uprightness of character or action. ~ implies a refusal to lie, steal, or deceive in any way. honor suggests an active or anxious regard for the standards of one's profession, calling, or position. integrity implies trustworthiness and incorruptibility to a degree that one is incapable of being false to a trust, responsibility, or pledge. probity implies tried and proven ~ or integrity. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
n. 1 being honest. 2 truthfulness. 3 a plant of the genus Lunaria with purple or white flowers, so called from its flat round semi-transparent seed-pods. Etymology: ME f. OF (h)onest{eacute} f. L honestas -tatis (as HONEST) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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4.
1. честность honesty is the best policy —- честность - лучшая политика 2. правдивость; искренность, прямодушие a film of rare honesty and heart —- фильм, сделанный с редкой искренностью и душой 3. уст. целомудрие, добродетель(ность); порядочность 4. лунник (растение) honewort 1. бот. сизон (Sison gen.) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) честность honesty is the best policy - честность - лучшая политика 2) правдивость 3) bot. лунник ...Англо-русский словарь
6.
~ n 1 the quality of being honest (a politician of rare honesty and courage) 2 in all honesty spoken used when telling someone that what you are saying is what you really think (I must add, in all honesty, that I think the task ahead of us will be difficult.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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