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hon⋅est

  [on-ist]
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–adjective
1. honorable in principles, intentions, and actions; upright and fair: an honest person.
2. showing uprightness and fairness: honest dealings.
3. gained or obtained fairly: honest wealth.
4. sincere; frank: an honest face.
5. genuine or unadulterated: honest commodities.
6. respectable; having a good reputation: an honest name.
7. truthful or creditable: honest weights.
8. humble, plain, or unadorned.
9. Archaic. chaste; virtuous.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME honeste < MF < L honestus honorable, equiv. to hones- (var. s. of honōs) honor + -tus adj. suffix

Related forms:
hon⋅est⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. just, incorruptible, trusty, trustworthy. 2. fair. 4. straightforward, candid. 5, 9. pure.

Antonyms:
1. dishonest, corrupt.
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hon·est   (ŏn'ĭst)   
adj.  

  1. Marked by or displaying integrity; upright: an honest lawyer.

  2. Not deceptive or fraudulent; genuine: honest weight.

  3. Equitable; fair: honest wages for an honest day's work.

    1. Characterized by truth; not false: honest reporting.

    2. Sincere; frank: an honest critique.

    3. Of good repute; respectable.

    4. Without affectation; plain: honest folk.

    1. Of good repute; respectable.

    2. Without affectation; plain: honest folk.

  6. Virtuous; chaste.


[Middle English, from Old French honeste, from Latin honestus, honorable, from honor, honor (earlier honōs).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

honest 
c.1300, "respectable, decent, of neat appearance," also "free from fraud," from O.Fr. honeste (12c.), from L. honestus "honorable, respected," from honos (see honor). Main modern sense of "dealing fairly, truthful" is c.1400, as is sense of "virtuous." Phrase to make an honest woman of "marry a woman after seduction" is from 1629.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

honest

In addition to the idioms beginning with honest, also see come by (honestly); open (honest) and aboveboard.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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