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probity

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of probity

1 conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong

a person of indisputable probity must head the disciplinary panel

Synonyms of probity

character, decency, goodness, honesty, integrity, morality, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, uprightness, virtue, virtuousness

Words Related to probity

high-mindedness, honor, incorruptibility, irreproachability, irreproachableness, right-mindedness, scrupulosity, scrupulousness

appropriateness, correctness, decorousness, decorum, etiquette, fitness, propriety, seemliness

Near Antonyms of probity

impropriety, indecency, indecorum, indiscretion

debauchery, degeneracy, degradation, depravity, perversion, pervertedness, sinfulness

crookedness, dishonesty, underhandedness, unscrupulousness

lowness, meanness, viciousness, vileness

Antonyms of probity

badness, evil, evildoing, immorality, iniquity, sin, villainy, wickedness

2 devotion to telling the truth

the defense attorney questioned the probity of the witness

Synonyms of probity

honesty, integrity, truthfulness, veracity, verity

Words Related to probity

honor, honorableness, incorruptibility, rectitude, righteousness, right-mindedness, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, uprightness

artlessness, candidness, candor, forthrightness, frankness, good faith, guilelessness, ingenuousness, plainspokenness, sincerity, straightforwardness

dependability, reliability, reliableness, trustability, trustiness, trustworthiness

accuracy, objectivity

authenticity, correctness, genuineness, truth

Near Antonyms of probity

artifice, cozenage, crookedness, deception, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, dupery, duplicity, fakery, falseness, falsity, fraudulentness, hypocrisy, insincerity, two-facedness

beguilement, craftiness, cunning, cunningness, furtiveness, guile, indirection, insidiousness, oiliness, perfidy, slickness, slipperiness, slyness, smoothness, treacherousness, trickery, underhandedness, unscrupulousness, wiliness

equivocation, prevarication

exaggeration, inaccuracy

Antonyms of probity

deceit, deceitfulness, dishonesty, lying, mendaciousness, mendacity, untruthfulness

3 faithfulness to high moral standards

ideals of fairness and probity in journalism

Synonyms of probity

honesty, honor, integrity, rectitude, righteousness, uprightness

Words Related to probity

blamelessness, character, conscientiousness, decency, fairness, high-mindedness, incorruptibility, irreproachability, irreproachableness, justice, morality, nobility, reputability, respectability, right-mindedness, scrupulousness, virtue, virtuousness

Near Antonyms of probity

corruptibility, corruption, corruptness, debasement, debauchery, decadence, degeneracy, degradation, depravity, disgrace, disgracefulness, disreputableness, dissipatedness, dissipation, dissoluteness, looseness, perversion, pervertedness, profligacy, shamelessness, venality

blameworthiness, criminality, crookedness, dishonesty, immorality, unrighteousness, unscrupulousness

knavery, rascality, roguishness

meanness, reprehensibleness, rottenness, sinfulness, vileness, villainy, wickedness, wretchedness

Antonyms of probity

baseness, dishonor, lowness

Synonym Discussion of probity

honesty, honor, integrity, probity mean uprightness of character or action. honesty implies a refusal to lie, steal, or deceive in any way. honor suggests an active or anxious regard for the standards of one's profession, calling, or position. integrity implies trustworthiness and incorruptibility to a degree that one is incapable of being false to a trust, responsibility, or pledge. probity implies tried and proven honesty or integrity.

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