1.
[syn: integrity, unity, wholeness]
2. moral soundness;
- Example: "he expects to find in us the common honesty and integrity of men of business"
- Example: "they admired his scrupulous professional integrity"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Integrity \In*teg"ri*ty\, n. [L. integritas: cf. F.
int['e]grit['e]. See Integer, and cf. Entirety.]
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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.
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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.
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The moral grandeur of independent integrity is the
sublimest thing in nature. --Buckminster.
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Their sober zeal, integrity, and worth. --Cowper.
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3. Unimpaired, unadulterated, or genuine state; entire
correspondence with an original condition; purity.
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Language continued long in its purity and integrity.
--Sir M. Hale.
Syn: Honesty; uprightness; rectitude. See Probity.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
integrity
n 1: 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" [syn: integrity,
unity, wholeness]
2: moral soundness; "he expects to find in us the common honesty
and integrity of men of business"; "they admired his
scrupulous professional integrity"
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
integrity
1. data integrity.
2. referential integrity.