Definition of honest

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Honest (a.) To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable..

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Dishonest :: Dishonest (v. t.) To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid..
Dishonest :: Dishonest (a.) Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust.
Justly :: "Justly (a.) In a just manner; in conformity to law, justice, or propriety; by right; honestly; fairly; accurately..
Sincere :: Sincere (superl.) Honest; free from hypocrisy or dissimulation; as, a sincere friend; a sincere person..
When :: When (adv.) While; whereas; although; -- used in the manner of a conjunction to introduce a dependent adverbial sentence or clause, having a causal, conditional, or adversative relation to the principal proposition; as, he chose to turn highwayman when he might have continued an honest man; he removed the tree when it was the best in the grounds..
False :: False (adv.) Not truly; not honestly; falsely.
Integrity :: Integrity (n.) 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..
Honest :: Honest (a.) Characterized by integrity or fairness and straight/forwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; -- said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession..
Singly :: Singly (adv.) Honestly; sincerely; simply.
Honest :: Honest (a.) Open; frank; as, an honest countenance..
Shyster :: Shyster (n.) A trickish knave; one who carries on any business, especially legal business, in a mean and dishonest way..
Conveyance :: Conveyance (n.) Dishonest management, or artifice..
Fair :: Fair (superl.) Characterized by frankness, honesty, impartiality, or candor; open; upright; free from suspicion or bias; equitable; just; -- said of persons, character, or conduct; as, a fair man; fair dealing; a fair statement..
Honesty :: Honesty (a.) Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also lunary and moonwort. Lunaria biennis is common honesty; L. rediva is perennial honesty..
Artless :: Artless (a.) Free from guile, art, craft, or stratagem; characterized by simplicity and sincerity; sincere; guileless; ingenuous; honest; as, an artless mind; an artless tale..
Square :: Square (a.) Rendering equal justice; exact; fair; honest, as square dealing..
Thievish :: Thievish (a.) Partaking of the nature of theft; accomplished by stealing; dishonest; as, a thievish practice..
Purgation :: Purgation (n.) The clearing of one's self from a crime of which one was publicly suspected and accused. It was either canonical, which was prescribed by the canon law, the form whereof used in the spiritual court was, that the person suspected take his oath that he was clear of the matter objected against him, and bring his honest neighbors with him to make oath that they believes he swore truly; or vulgar, which was by fire or water ordeal, or by combat. See Ordeal..
Dishonest :: Dishonest (a.) Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured.
Entireness :: Entireness (n.) Integrity; wholeness of heart; honesty.
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