probity
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bɪ noun
integrity and uprightness; honesty.
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| —n | |
| confirmed integrity; uprightness | |
| [C16: from Latin probitās honesty, from probus virtuous] | |
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Probity
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Word Origin & History
probity
1514, from M.Fr. probité, from L. probitatem (nom. probitas) "uprightness, honesty," from probus "worthy, good" (see prove).
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Example sentences
Probity officers are employed throughout the process to maintain accountability and fairness.
Amid contagion, fiscal probity is no protection, and the indistinct line between solvency and insolvency vanishes altogether.
The country was hailed worldwide as an exemplar of probity and national consensus.
Not many of his probity in academe, apparently.
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