Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Tried virtue or integrity; strict honesty; virtue; sincerity; high principle.
- noun Synonyms Integrity, Uprightness, etc. (see
honesty ), worth, trustworthiness, trustiness, incorruptibility.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Tried virtue or integrity; approved moral excellence; honesty; rectitude; uprightness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
integrity
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Please, they contend Im a sloppy joe as great as peanut butter sandwich though in probity of this democracy we be a numba a single stunna in this nation my dopes.
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Please, they contend Im a sloppy joe as great as peanut butter sandwich though in probity of this democracy we be a numba a single stunna in this nation my dopes.
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"A reputation for probity is vital to exercising influence on the international stage and in conducting business successfully."
Britain 'seen as more corrupt since MPs' expenses scandal' Rob Evans 2010
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Conroy had also told an ATUG breakfast whilst a shadow minister that the NBN process would be "open and transparent" - in stark contrast to the 'probity'-protected process that has eventuated.
Whirlpool.net.au 2009
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20081110 Three black organisation in probity for attempted attempted attempted attempted attempted attempted attempted attempted murder of Sias Stander, Coligny rustic - mother stabbed twelve times, still shot upheld 4th attacker.
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20081110 Three black organisation in probity for attempted attempted attempted attempted attempted attempted attempted attempted murder of Sias Stander, Coligny rustic - mother stabbed twelve times, still shot upheld 4th attacker.
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As for the so-called probity of private central banks, even their friends understand the problem:
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But when the idea of probity is carried out, so far as to imply a view of things comparatively disparaging to Christian morals, it mounts to an anti-climax, and falls over into the province of nonsense.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 Various
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There are certain men in office who, in discharge of their functions, arrogate to themselves a degree of probity, which is to exclude all imputations and all inquiry.
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His probity is a by-word; his benefactions have enriched the province.
AN AUSTRALIAN IN CHINA Morrison, George Ernest, 1862-1920 1895
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