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probity

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pro·bi·ty  (prb-t)
n.
Complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness: "He was a gentlemanly Georgian, a person of early American probity" Mary McGrory.
[Middle English probite, from Old French, from Latin probits, from probus, upright, good; see per1 in Indo-European roots.]
probity
Noun
Formal honesty; integrity [Latin probitas honesty]
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Noun1.probity - complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles; "in a world where financial probity may not be widespread"; "he enjoys an exaggerated reputation for probity"
integrity - moral soundness; "he expects to find in us the common honesty and integrity of men of business"; "they admired his scrupulous professional integrity"
probity
noun (Formal) integrity, worth, justice, honour, equity, virtue, goodness, morality, honesty, fairness, fidelity, sincerity, righteousness, rectitude, truthfulness, trustworthiness, uprightness
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Spanish probity [ˈprəubɪtɪ] n → probidad f
French probity [ˈprəubɪtɪ] n → probité f
German probity [ˈprəubɪtɪ] n → Rechtschaffenheit f
Italian probity [ˈprəubɪtɪ] n → probità
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So far there had been no exception to its tacit rule that those who broke the law of probity must pay; and every one was aware that even Beaufort and Beaufort's wife would be offered up unflinchingly to this principle.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
A man disposed to view human nature as it is, without either flattering its virtues or exaggerating its vices, will see sufficient ground of confidence in the probity of the Senate, to rest satisfied, not only that it will be impracticable to the Executive to corrupt or seduce a majority of its members, but that the necessity of its co-operation, in the business of appointments, will be a considerable and salutary restraint upon the conduct of that magistrate.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
The buccaneer on the wave might relinquish his calling and become at once if he chose, a man of probity and piety on land; nor, even in the full career of his reckless life, was he regarded as a personage with whom it was disreputable to traffic or casually associate.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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