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sincerity

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sin⋅cer⋅i⋅ty

  [sin-ser-i-tee]
–noun, plural -ties.
freedom from deceit, hypocrisy, or duplicity; probity in intention or in communicating; earnestness.
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Origin:
1540–50; < L sincēritās. See sincere, -ity

Synonyms:
truth, candor, frankness. See honor.

Antonyms:
duplicity.
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sin·cer·i·ty   (sĭn-sěr'ĭ-tē)   
n.  The quality or condition of being sincere; genuineness, honesty, and freedom from duplicity.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

sincerity 
1546, from M.Fr. sincérité (1519), from L. sinceritatem (nom. sinceritas), from sincerus "sound, pure, whole," perhaps originally "of one growth" (i.e. "not hybrid, unmixed"), from sem-, sin- "one" + root of crescere "to grow" (see crescent). Ground sense is of "that which is not falsified."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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