probity

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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 [ˈprəʊbɪtɪ]

confirmed integrity; uprightness

[from Latin probitās honesty, from probus virtuous]

probity - Integrity, uprightness of character.

See also related terms for integrity.

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Noun

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 a woman renowned for her moral probity

Translations

probity [ˈprəʊbɪtɪ] N → probidad f

probity [ˈprəʊbɪti] n → probité f

probity

n (form) → Redlichkeit f, → Integrität f (geh)

probity [ˈprəʊbɪtɪ] n → probità, rettitudine f

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belief call into question Corruptness fraud good goodness honestness honesty honour ideal improbity Incorruption Incorruptness integrity morality nobility oppugn principle rectitude	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	probate court Probate duty probate will probation probation officer probational probationary probationary assistant probationer Probationership Probationship probative Probator Probatory Probatory term probe Probe scissors Probe-pointed Probeagle probenecid probing probiotic probiotic bacterium probiotic flora probiotic microflora probity problem problem page problem solver problem solving problem-oriented language problem-solving problematic problematical problematically Problematist Problematize problems Proboscidate Proboscidea Proboscidea arenaria Proboscidea fragrans Proboscidea louisianica proboscidean Proboscidial proboscidian Proboscidifera Proboscidiform proboscis proboscis flower proboscis monkey	Probi et legales homines proBilling International Processing Corporation probing probing probing probing probing Probing Rotation and Interior of Stars: Microvariability and Activity Probing Signal probingly probingly probingly probingly probingly PROBIOMA probiosis probiotic probiotic probiotic probiotic bacterium probiotic flora probiotic microflora Probiotics Probiotics Probiotics Probit Probit function Probit Latent Class Analysis probitas probits probity problem problem problem problem problem problem problem Problem & Enhancement Review Team Problem Action Center Problem Action Control Center Problem Action Record Problem Action Result Statements Problem Action Team Problem Analysis Problem Analysis Matrix Problem Analysis Report Problem Analysis, Resolution and Ranking Problem Animal Control Problem Based Instructional Task Problem Based Learning Problem Based Learning Initiative Problem Behavior, Intervention, Response, Plan Problem behaviors, Problem behaviors, Problem behaviors, Problem behaviors, Problem behaviors, Problem Between Chair And Keyboard Problem Between Ears Problem Between Keyboard and Chair

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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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