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How does the noun integrity contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of integrity are honesty, honor, and probity. While all these words mean "uprightness of character or action," integrity implies trustworthiness and incorruptibility to a degree that one is incapable of being false to a trust, responsibility, or pledge.

When is it sensible to use honesty instead of integrity?

Although the words honesty and integrity have much in common, honesty implies a refusal to lie, steal, or deceive in any way.

When can honor be used instead of integrity?

The words honor and integrity are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, honor suggests an active or anxious regard for the standards of one's profession, calling, or position.

When would probity be a good substitute for integrity?

While the synonyms probity and integrity are close in meaning, probity implies tried and proven honesty or integrity.

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of integrity Pay attention to follow-through, integrity, and care; those are your signals. Colin Bedell, Them., 8 May 2025 Duties include developing, implementing and maintaining enterprise policies, standards, procedures and guidelines for information security management to ensure the security, confidentiality, integrity, availability and privacy of the agency’s information assets. Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2025 Wales herself cautions people who may follow in her footsteps to act with integrity and not be driven by selfish motives. Juliana Kim, NPR, 7 May 2025 Given influencer marketing's rise to a multi-billion-dollar industry, integrity is more important now than ever. Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for integrity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for integrity
Noun
  • The White Lotus was, as always, teeming with social commentary about the morality of the very wealthy.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 3 May 2025
  • Trump administration officials have been defiant by turning up the dial on deportation critics through social media channels and press conferences and slamming Democrats who question the legality and morality of some deportation moves.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Pet names can be love, but love without honesty is just sugar without substance.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
  • Vasquez also stressed the importance of public trust, transparency and honesty in rebuilding city departments’ credibility.
    Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • With six goals and five assists, Dreyer is tied for MLS honors in goals plus assists.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2025
  • Even lending Bush’s name to a building full of crap was too high an honor for that president.
    Joe Mathews, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • And as someone who is trying to make an NFL roster or practice squad, that’s an immense virtue.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 12 May 2025
  • The president recognized a perfect nominee for the times: a brilliant jurist who represented the best of American virtues and exhibited no vices or controversial positions on judicial issues (as had Bork three years earlier).
    Barbara A. Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • This incident follows similar outages in April and November, raising concerns about the reliability of air traffic control systems at the airport.
    Josh Rivera, USA Today, 9 May 2025
  • The actor was drawn to the reliability of growing up with a grandmother who always cooked in the house.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Good energy comes around, and putting goodness into their community is a way of looking out for your partner, too.
    Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 8 May 2025
  • But long gone are the days when Republicans and Democrats alike could rally behind one singular figure and beacon of goodness like Mister Rogers.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • Series regular Tony Todd, who died last fall, returns for a touching posthumous scene that references another fan favorite character.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • Though details about Fox's character remain unknown, his casting prompts a reunion between the actor and Shrinking co-creator and executive producer Bill Lawrence.
    Esther Kang, People.com, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Learn more about how self-trust and interpersonal trust is earned through: care, competence, sincerity, and reliability.
    Colin Bedell, Them., 15 May 2025
  • Vince Vaughn brings an unforced sincerity to the role of inexperienced entrepreneur Joey Scaravella, and the four nonnas (grandmothers) who join him in his unconventional culinary enterprise are played by Lorraine Bracco, Susan Sarandon, Talia Shire and Brenda Vacarro — heavy hitters moving nimbly.
    Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2025

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“Integrity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/integrity. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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