honesty.
The act, quality, or condition of being honest.
Meaning & usage
The act, quality, or condition of being honest.
academic / artistic / emotional / intellectual honesty
brutal / devastating / searing honesty
Honor; decency, propriety.
Chastity.
Any of various crucifers in the genus Lunaria, several of which are grown as ornamentals, particularly annual honesty (Lunaria annua).
Where this word comes from
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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