honesty
noun
[ ˈɒnɪsti ]
• the quality of being honest.
• "they spoke with convincing honesty about their fears"
Similar:
moral correctness,
uprightness,
honourableness,
honour,
integrity,
morals,
morality,
ethics,
principle,
(high) principles,
nobility,
righteousness,
rectitude,
right-mindedness,
upstandingness,
virtue,
goodness,
probity,
worthiness,
high-mindedness,
justness,
fairness,
incorruptibility,
truthfulness,
truth,
veracity,
trustworthiness,
reliability,
conscientiousness,
scrupulousness,
reputability,
dependability,
loyalty,
faithfulness,
fidelity,
sincerity,
candour,
frankness,
directness,
forthrightness,
openness,
straightforwardness,
plainness,
genuineness,
bluntness,
outspokenness,
• a European plant with purple or white flowers and round, flat, translucent seed pods which are used for indoor flower arrangements.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French honeste, from Latin honestas, from honestus (see honest). The original sense was ‘honour, respectability’, later ‘decorum, virtue, chastity’. The plant is so named from its seed pods, translucency symbolizing lack of deceit.
to be honest
• speaking frankly.
• "to be honest, I expected to play worse"
