Meaning

4 senses
  1. (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

  2. (countable)Any of various crucifers in the genus Lunaria, several of which are grown as ornamentals, particularly annual honesty (Lunaria annua).

    Mondviole, Silberblatt

  3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Honor; decency, propriety.

  4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Chastity.

Examples

176 sentences
  1. The 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.

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  2. Honesty is no guarantee of success.

    Чесність не є гарантією успіху.

    ruЧестность не гарантия успеха.

    deEhrlichkeit ist keine Garantie für Erfolg.

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  3. Honesty is not always the best policy.

    Чесність — не завжди найкраща політика.

    ruЧестность не всегда лучшая политика.

    deEhrlichkeit ist nicht immer das beste Vorgehen.

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  4. Her honesty is beyond question.

    Її чесність поза сумнівами.

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  5. Thank you for your honesty.

    Дякую тобі за чесність.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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quality of being honest:
Русский
By meaning 1
quality of being honest:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
quality of being honest:
ornamental plant:

Origin

From Middle English honeste (“honour, integrity”), from Old French honesté (compare modern

From 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: honesties
Singularhonesty
Pluralhonesties

regular

Synonyms

36 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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