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integrity - 6 dictionary results

in⋅teg⋅ri⋅ty

[in-teg-ri-tee]
–noun
1. adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty.
2. the state of being whole, entire, or undiminished: to preserve the integrity of the empire.
3. a sound, unimpaired, or perfect condition: the integrity of a ship's hull.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME integrite < L integritās. See integer, -ity


1. rectitude, probity, virtue. See honor.


1. dishonesty.
in·teg·ri·ty   (ĭn-těg'rĭ-tē)   
n.  
  1. Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.
  2. The state of being unimpaired; soundness.
  3. The quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness.

[Middle English integrite, from Old French, from Latin integritās, soundness, from integer, whole, complete; see tag- in Indo-European roots.]

Integrity

In*teg"ri*ty\, n. [L. integritas: cf. F. int['e]grit['e]. See Integer, and cf. Entirety.]

1. The state or quality of being entire or complete; wholeness; entireness; unbroken state; as, the integrity of an empire or territory. --Sir T. More.

2. Moral soundness; honesty; freedom from corrupting influence or motive; -- used especially with reference to the fulfillment of contracts, the discharge of agencies, trusts, and the like; uprightness; rectitude.

The moral grandeur of independent integrity is the sublimest thing in nature. --Buckminster.

Their sober zeal, integrity. and worth. --Cowper.

3. Unimpaired, unadulterated, or genuine state; entire correspondence with an original condition; purity.

Language continued long in its purity and integrity. --Sir M. Hale.

Syn: Honesty; uprightness; rectitude. See Probity.
Language Translation for : integrity
Spanish: integridad,
German: die Rechtschaffenheit,
Japanese: 誠実

integrity 
c.1450, "wholeness, perfect condition," from O.Fr. integrité, from L. integritatem (nom. integritas) "soundness, wholeness," from integer "whole" (see integer). Sense of "uncorrupted virtue" is from 1548.

Main Entry: in·teg·ri·ty
Pronunciation: in-'teg-r&t-E
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
: anunimpaired condition integrity of brain function —Diagnostic & Statistical Manual>

integrity in·teg·ri·ty (ĭn-těg'rĭ-tē)
n.
The state of being unimpaired; soundness or wholeness.

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