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as in morality
conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong
demonstrated that he was a man of integrity by taking full responsibility for his actions
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as in honesty
devotion to telling the truth
her integrity is such that she tells the truth even when people least want to hear it
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as in honor
faithfulness to high moral standards
a politician of great honesty and integrity
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Recent Examples of integrity
My son recently got kicked out of his college for going against the academic integrity policy.
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Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026
What’s needed is strong leadership and integrity.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
Though the rope suggests tidy metaphors of unity, coherence, and formal integrity, a playful but insistent messiness effloresces in Simms’s entanglements, throwing any seeming wholeness into question.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026
But the guardrails of fairness and integrity are being tested.
—Emil Steiner, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
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Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026
What’s needed is strong leadership and integrity.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
Though the rope suggests tidy metaphors of unity, coherence, and formal integrity, a playful but insistent messiness effloresces in Simms’s entanglements, throwing any seeming wholeness into question.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026
But the guardrails of fairness and integrity are being tested.
—Emil Steiner, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for integrity
Noun
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In 2022, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman, was killed in custody after being arrested by the morality police for improperly wearing her hijab.—
Agustina Vergara Cid,
Oc Register,
23 Jan. 2026
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During the 2022-23 Woman, Life, Freedom protests, sparked by the death of the young Iranian woman Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the morality police, Pahlavi called for rallies against the Iranian government in the United States, Canada and other countries.—
Eric Lob,
The Conversation,
23 Jan. 2026
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This communicates self-awareness, honesty, and long-term reliability.—
Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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This is the year relationships and commitments stop being theoretical and start demanding structure and honesty.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
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An honor council, comprised of administrators, teachers, and members of the student government, would sit in judgment on cases of alleged cheating.—
Nell Freudenberger,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Although the name and separate unit were more likely signs of antisemitism than respect, the group wore the distinction as a badge of honor, Grymes said.—
Liz Rothaus Bertrand,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Jan. 2026
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Maybe Albro would raise concerns that the police weren’t doing enough to protect young women’s virtues, or Matthews would criticize the lack of a similar dragnet to find the killer of Mary Tate.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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The author’s work makes an excellent case that literature can explore virtue—even if his latest novel reveals its pitfalls.—
Julius Taranto,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2026
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None grappled honestly with intermittency and whole-system reliability.—
Alex Pavlak,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Feb. 2026
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While the next storm is never far away in New England, the value proposition for our customers and the state is clear – strategic, cost-effective investments in reliability deliver real benefits to families, businesses and the broader economy.—
Steve Sullivan,
Hartford Courant,
31 Jan. 2026
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Head over to the retailer’s denim section and see the goodness for yourself.—
Annie Blackman,
InStyle,
30 Jan. 2026
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All of that green goodness bottoms out at a six-pack high speed lift with heated seats and a bubble enclosure to cut through the wind.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
29 Jan. 2026
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Some people thought the character was too much, but Danica managed to make her just that without losing the truthfulness, and the ending wouldn’t have worked without that.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2026
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The two main female characters, Avril Incandenza and Joelle van Dyne, both happen to be gorgeous.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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They are balanced by just enough sweetness to offset the inherent salty character of the black beans, and infinitely complex.—
Chris Morocco,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Integrity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/integrity. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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