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fiber, honesty, principle, honor, durability, firmness, stability, strength, wholeness, entirety, oneness, candor

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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

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Language Translation for : integrity

Spanish:

integridad,

German:

die Rechtschaffenheit,

Japanese:

誠実

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in·teg·ri·ty (ĭn-těg'rĭ-tē) Pronunciation Key
n.

Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.
The state of being unimpaired; soundness.
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.]

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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.

integrity
noun
1.	an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting; "the integrity of the nervous system is required for normal development"; "he took measures to insure the territorial unity of Croatia"
2.	moral soundness; "he expects to find in us the common honesty and integrity of men of business"; "they admired his scrupulous professional integrity"