INTEGRITIES

Noun

integrities

plural of integrity

Source: Wiktionary


INTEGRITY

In*teg"ri*ty, n. Etym: [L. integritas: cf. F. intégrité. See Integer, and cf. Entirety.]

1. The state or quality of being entire or complete; wholeness; entireness; unbroken state; as, the integrity of an empire or territory. Sir T. More.

2. Moral soundness; honesty; freedom from corrupting influence or motive; -- used especially with reference to the fulfillment of contracts, the discharge of agencies, trusts, and the like; uprightness; rectitude. The moral grandeur of independent integrity is the sublimest thing in nature. Buckminster. Their sober zeal, integrity. and worth. Cowper.

3. Unimpaired, unadulterated, or genuine state; entire correspondence with an original condition; purity. Language continued long in its purity and integrity. Sir M. Hale.

Syn.

– Honesty; uprightness; rectitude. See Probity.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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