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pro⋅bi⋅ty

  [proh-bi-tee, prob-i-]
–noun
integrity and uprightness; honesty.
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Origin:
1505–15; < L probitās uprightness, equiv. to prob(us) upright + -itās -ity

Synonyms:
rectitude.

Antonyms:
dishonesty.
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pro·bi·ty   (prō'bĭ-tē)   
n.  Complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness: "He was a gentlemanly Georgian, a person of early American probity" (Mary McGrory).

[Middle English probite, from Old French, from Latin probitās, from probus, upright, good; see per1 in Indo-European roots.]
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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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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