honesty
The act, quality, or condition of being honestThe act, quality, or condition of being honest.
» The teacher praised the boy for his honesty.
Der Lehrer lobte den Jungen für seine Ehrlichkeit.
Учитель похвалил мальчика за его честность.
Учитель похвалил мальчика за честность.
Вчитель похвалив хлопчика за чесність.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)The act, quality, or condition of being honest.
academic / artistic / emotional / intellectual honesty
brutal / devastating / searing honesty
Ehrlichkeit
че́стностьčéstnostʹ, добросовестностьdobrosovestnostʹ, правди́востьpravdívostʹ
че́сністьčésnistʹ, правди́вістьpravdývistʹ
the quality of being honest
(countable)Any of various crucifers in the genus Lunaria, several of which are grown as ornamentals, particularly annual honesty (Lunaria annua).
Mondviole, Silberblatt
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Honor; decency, propriety.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Chastity.
Examples
176 sentencesThe teacher praised the boy for his honesty.
Вчитель похвалив хлопчика за чесність.
ruУчитель похвалил мальчика за его честность.
deDer Lehrer lobte den Jungen für seine Ehrlichkeit.
Honesty is no guarantee of success.
Чесність не є гарантією успіху.
ruЧестность не гарантия успеха.
deEhrlichkeit ist keine Garantie für Erfolg.
Honesty is not always the best policy.
Чесність — не завжди найкраща політика.
ruЧестность не всегда лучшая политика.
deEhrlichkeit ist nicht immer das beste Vorgehen.
Her honesty is beyond question.
Її чесність поза сумнівами.
Thank you for your honesty.
Дякую тобі за чесність.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English honeste (“honour, integrity”), from Old French honesté (compare modernFrom Middle English honeste (“honour, integrity”), from Old French honesté (compare modern French honnêteté). By surface analysis, honest + -y. Displaced native Old English sōþfæstnes and non-native Middle English prodonomee, from Old French prodomie. The plant is named so after the visibility of the seeds through the translucent pods.
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Forms
plural: honestiesSynonyms
36 synonyms- the quality of being honest:honestness
- southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration:silver dollarmoney plantsatin flowersatinpodLunaria annua
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable