honesty

English

Etymology

From Old French honesté (French: honnêteté) (honest + -y).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɒnəsti/, X-SAMPA: /"Qn@sti/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈɑːnəsti/, X-SAMPA: /"A:n@sti/

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Noun

honesty (countable and uncountable; plural honesties)

1. (uncountable) The act, quality, or condition of being honest; to be truthful
2. Any of various crucifers in the genus Lunaria, several of which are grown as ornamentals.

Antonyms

• dishonesty

Derived terms

• honesty is the best policy

Translations

quality of being honest

• Albanian: ndershmëri f
• Catalan: honradesa f, honestedat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 誠實 (cmn), 诚实 (cmn) (chéngshí)

• Czech: poctivost (cs) n
• Danish: ærlighed (da)
• Dutch: eerlijkheid (nl) f
• French: honnêteté (fr) f
• German: Ehrlichkeit (de) f
• Greek: εντιμότητα (el) (entimótita) f , τιμιότητα (el) (timiótita) f , χρηστότητα (el) (christótita) f , ευσυνειδησία (el) (efsynidisía) f , ηθικότητα (el) (ithikótita) f , ευθύτητα (el) (efthýtita) f 
• Hindi: सच्चाई (hi) (saccā'ī)
• Italian: onestà (it) f, lealtà (it) f, correttezza (it) f

• Japanese: 正直 (ja) (しょうじき, shōjiki)
• Korean: 정직 (ko) (jeong-jik) (正直 (ko))
• Latin: honestas (la) f
• Malay: sathyasandhatha
• Norwegian: ærlighet (no) m/f
• Polish: szczerość (pl) f
• Portuguese: honestidade (pt) f
• Romanian: onestitate (ro)
• Russian: честность (ru) (čéstnost') f , добросовестность (ru) (dobrosovestnost') f 
• Scottish Gaelic: ionracas m, onair (gd) f
• Spanish: honradez (es) f, sinceridad (es) f, honestidad (es)
• Swedish: ärlighet (sv) c
• Telugu: నిజాయితి (nijaayiti)
• Turkish: dürüstlük (tr)
• Volapük: snat (vo)

ornamental plant

• German: Mondviole (de) f, Silberblatt (de) n

• Jèrriais: monnaie dé pape f