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5 entries found for INTEGRITY.

in·teg·ri·ty   Audio pronunciation of "integrity" ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (n-tgr-t)
n.
  1. Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.
  2. The state of being unimpaired; soundness.
  3. The quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness.

[Middle English integrite, from Old French, from Latin integrits, soundness, from integer, whole, complete. See tag- in Indo-European Roots.]

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integrity

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integrity

\In*teg"ri*ty\, n. [L. integritas: cf. F. int['e]grit['e]. See Integer, and cf. Entirety.] 1. The state or quality of being entire or complete; wholeness; entireness; unbroken state; as, the integrity of an empire or territory. --Sir T. More.

2. Moral soundness; honesty; freedom from corrupting influence or motive; -- used especially with reference to the fulfillment of contracts, the discharge of agencies, trusts, and the like; uprightness; rectitude.

The moral grandeur of independent integrity is the sublimest thing in nature. --Buckminster.

Their sober zeal, integrity. and worth. --Cowper.

3. Unimpaired, unadulterated, or genuine state; entire correspondence with an original condition; purity.

Language continued long in its purity and integrity. --Sir M. Hale.

Syn: Honesty; uprightness; rectitude. See Probity.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

integrity

n 1: an unreduced or unbroken completeness or totality [syn: unity, wholeness] 2: moral soundness


Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University