Integrity

Integrity
Integrity In*teg"ri*ty, n. [L. integritas: cf. F. int['e]grit['e]. See {Integer}, and cf. {Entirety}.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

The moral grandeur of independent integrity is the sublimest thing in nature. --Buckminster. [1913 Webster]

Their sober zeal, integrity, and worth. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]

3. Unimpaired, unadulterated, or genuine state; entire correspondence with an original condition; purity. [1913 Webster]

Language continued long in its purity and integrity. --Sir M. Hale.

Syn: Honesty; uprightness; rectitude. See {Probity}. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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