honestness

Definitions of honestness
  1. noun
    the quality of being honest
    synonyms: honesty
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    scrupulousness
    conformity to high standards of ethics or excellence
    integrity
    moral soundness
    incorruption, incorruptness
    characterized by integrity or probity
    incorruptibility
    the incapability of being corrupted
    candidness, candor, candour, directness, forthrightness, frankness
    the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
    good faith, straightness
    having honest intentions
    truthfulness
    the quality of being truthful
    sincerity
    the quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or hypocritical
    sooth
    truth or reality
    probity
    complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles
    veracity
    unwillingness to tell lies
    ingenuousness
    openly straightforward or frank
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    righteousness
    the quality of adhering to moral principles
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