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Synonyms & Antonyms of honesty
1
devotion to telling the truth
- George Washington has gone down in history for his honesty
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- artifice,
- cozenage,
- crookedness,
- deception,
- dissembling,
- dissimulation,
- double-dealing,
- dupery,
- duplicity,
- fakery,
- falseness,
- falsity,
- fraudulentness,
- hypocrisy,
- insincerity,
- two-facedness
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2
conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong
- he's known for his honesty in business dealings
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3
faithfulness to high moral standards
- she knew she could count on her students' honesty, even if she left the classroom for a few moments during the test
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- corruptibility,
- corruption,
- corruptness,
- debasement,
- debauchery,
- decadence,
- degeneracy,
- degradation,
- depravity,
- disgrace,
- disgracefulness,
- disreputableness,
- dissipatedness,
- dissipation,
- dissoluteness,
- looseness,
- perversion,
- pervertedness,
- profligacy,
- shamelessness,
- venality
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4
the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions
- I am speaking with all honesty when I say that your apple pie is the best I've ever tasted
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The first known use of honesty was in the 14th century
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