pro·bi·ty

[proh-bi-tee, prob-i-]
noun
integrity and uprightness; honesty.

Origin:
1505–15; < Latin probitās uprightness, equivalent to prob(us) upright + -itās -ity

probity, propriety.


rectitude.


dishonesty.
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probity (ˈprəʊbɪtɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
confirmed integrity; uprightness
 
[C16: from Latin probitās honesty, from probus virtuous]

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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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