INTEGRITY

integrity

(noun) moral soundness; “he expects to find in us the common honesty and integrity of men of business”; “they admired his scrupulous professional integrity”

integrity, unity, wholeness

(noun) an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting; “the integrity of the nervous system is required for normal development”; “he took measures to insure the territorial unity of Croatia”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

integrity (countable and uncountable, plural integrities)

Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.

The state of being wholesome; unimpaired

The quality or condition of being complete; pure

(cryptography) With regards to data encryption, ensuring that information is not altered by unauthorized persons in a way that is not detectable by authorized users.

(aviation) The ability of a system to provide timely warnings to users when they should not be used for navigation.

Synonyms

• decency

• goodness

• honesty

• probity

• purity

• rectitude

• sincerity

• unity

• uprightness

• virtue

• wholeness

Source: Wiktionary

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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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