integrity
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noun \in-ˈte-grə-tē\Definition of INTEGRITY
1
: firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility
2
: an unimpaired condition : soundness
3
: the quality or state of being complete or undivided : completeness
See Examples of INTEGRITY
- He's a man of the highest integrity.
- I admire her artistic integrity.
- She had the integrity to refuse to compromise on matters of principle.
- Without music, the film loses its integrity.
- They are trying to preserve the cultural integrity of the community.
- The earthquake may have damaged the building's structural integrity.
- Many were tempted by a piece of the equity action and compromised their integrity. —Bruce Nussbaum, Business Week, 28 Jan. 2002
- By September, Gorbachev had told his aides that with Eastern Europe and Germany lost, the task was to defend the integrity of the Soviet Union itself. —Condoleezza Rice, Newsweek, 22 Nov. 1999
- But it is stunning to hear self-appointed watchdogs of public integrity shrug their shoulders at “standard” prosecutorial practice … —Wendy Kaminer, New York Times Book Review, 22 Mar. 1998
- … a hundred-and-one-year-old Jewish philanthropist … donated two and a quarter million dollars to the Archdiocese to purchase the property and preserve the integrity of the landmark. —Brendan Gill, New Yorker, 10 June 1991
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Origin of INTEGRITY
Middle English integrite, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French integrité, from Latin integritat-, integritas, from integr-, integer entire
First Known Use: 14th century
Related to INTEGRITY
- Synonyms
- character, decency, goodness, honesty, morality, probity, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, uprightness, virtue, virtuousness
- Antonyms
- badness, evil, evildoing, immorality, iniquity, sin, villainy, wickedness
See Synonym Discussion at honesty
in·teg·ri·ty
noun \in-ˈteg-rət-ē\ (Medical Dictionary)plural ; in·teg·ri·ties
Medical Definition of INTEGRITY
: an unimpaired condition <personality function depends greatly upon the integrity of brain function—Diagnostic & Statistical Manual>
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