probity
Roget category 939
6. Words relating to the sentient and moral› 6.4. Moral affections
›› 6.4.3. Moral conditions
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Probity
noun
probity,
integrity,
rectitude —
uprightness
etc.
adj. —
honesty,
faith —
honor —
bonne foi [Fr.],
good faith,
bona fides [Lat.] —
purity,
clean hands.
fairness
etc.
adj. —
fair play,
justice,
equity,
impartiality,
principle,
even-handedness —
grace.
constancy —
faithfulness
etc.
adj. —
fidelity,
loyalty —
incorruption,
incorruptibility.
trustworthiness
etc.
adj. —
truth,
candor,
singleness of heart —
veracity
etc.
543 —
tender conscience
etc.
(sense of duty)
926.
punctilio,
delicacy,
nicety —
scrupulosity,
scrupulousness
etc.
adj. —
scruple —
point,
point of honor —
punctuality.
dignity
&c.,
(repute)
873 —
respectability,
respectableness
etc.
adj. —
gentilhomme [Fr.],
gentleman —
man of honor,
man of his word —
fidus Achates [Lat.],
preux chevalier [Fr.],
galantuomo [It] —
truepenny†,
trump,
brick —
true Briton —
white man [U.S.].
court of honor,
a fair field and no favor —
argumentum ad verecundiam [Lat.].
verb
be honorable
etc.
adj. —
deal honorably,
deal squarely,
deal impartially,
deal fairly —
speak the truth
etc.
(veracity)
543 —
draw a straight furrow —
tell the truth and shame the Devil,
vitam impendere vero [Lat.] —
show a proper spirit,
make a point of —
do one's duty
etc.
(virtue)
944.
redeem one's pledge
etc.
926 —
keep one's promise,
be as good as one's promise,
be as good as one's word —
keep faith with,
not fail.
give and take,
audire alteram partem [Lat.],
give the Devil his due,
put the saddle on the right horse.
redound to one's honor.
adjective
upright —
honest,
honest as daylight —
veracious
etc.
543 —
virtuous
etc.
944 —
honorable —
fair,
right,
just,
equitable,
impartial,
evenhanded,
square —
fair and aboveboard,
open and aboveboard —
white [U.S.].
constant,
constant as the northern star —
faithful,
loyal,
staunch —
true,
true blue,
true to one's colors,
true to the core,
true as the needle to the pole —
marble-constant"
[Antony and Cleopatra];
true-hearted,
trusty,
trustworthy —
as good as one's word,
to be depended on,
incorruptible.
straightforward
etc.
(ingenuous)
703 —
frank,
candid,
open-hearted.
conscientious,
tender-conscienced,
right-minded —
high-principled,
high-minded —
scrupulous,
religious,
strict —
nice,
punctilious,
correct,
punctual —
respectable,
reputable —
gentlemanlike†.
inviolable,
inviolate —
unviolated†,
unbroken,
unbetrayed —
unbought,
unbribed†.
innocent
etc.
946 —
pure,
stainless —
unstained,
untarnished,
unsullied,
untainted,
unperjured† —
uncorrupt,
uncorrupted —
undefiled,
undepraved†,
undebauched† —
integer vitae scelerisque purus [Lat.]
[Horace];
justus et tenax propositi [Lat.]
[Horace].
chivalrous,
jealous of honor,
sans peur et sans reproche [Fr.] —
high-spirited.
supramundane†,
unworldly,
other-worldly,
overscrupulous†.
adverb
honorable
etc.
adj. —
bona fide —
on the square,
in good faith,
honor bright,
foro conscientiae [Lat.],
with clean hands.
phrase
a face untaught to feign"
[Pope];
bene qui latuit bene vixit [Lat.]
[Ovid];
mens sibi conscia recti [Lat.] —
probitas laudatur et alget
[Juvenal];
fidelis ad urnam [Lat.] —
his heart as far from fraud as heaven from his heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth"
[Two Gentlemen];
loyaute m'oblige [Fr.] —
loyaute n'a honte [Fr.] —
what stronger breastplate than a heart what stronger breastplate than a heart untainted?
[Henry VI].
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