integrity
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Etymology
Borrowed from Middle FrenchCategory:English terms borrowed from Middle French#INTEGRITYCategory:English terms derived from Middle French#INTEGRITY intégrité, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#INTEGRITY integritās (“soundness, integrity”), from integer. Doublet of entiretyCategory:English doublets#INTEGRITY.
Pronunciation
Noun
integrity (countable and uncountable, plural integrities)Category:English lemmas#INTEGRITYCategory:English nouns#INTEGRITYCategory:English uncountable nouns#INTEGRITYCategory:English countable nouns#INTEGRITYCategory:English countable nouns#INTEGRITYCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#INTEGRITYCategory:Pages with entries#INTEGRITYCategory:Pages with 1 entry#INTEGRITY
- Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.
- Synonyms: decency, goodness, honesty, probity, rectitude, sincerity, uprightness; see also Thesaurus:probity
- 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], lines 2920-2921:
- Stand up, good Canterbury: Thy truth and thy integrity is rooted […]Category:English terms with quotations#INTEGRITY
- 2023 June 22, Charles Hugh Smith, 2023-2030: Artifice Vs. Doom-Loops:
- Living a lie saps us of integrity and moral cohesion to the point that we can no longer distinguish between the artifice being propped up and the real world.Category:English terms with quotations#INTEGRITY
- The state of being wholesome; unimpaired
- The quality or condition of being complete; pure
- (cryptographyCategory:en:Cryptography#INTEGRITY) With regards to data encryption, ensuring that information is not altered by unauthorized persons in a way that is not detectable by authorized users.
- (aviationCategory:en:Aviation#INTEGRITY) The ability of systems to provide timely warnings to users when they should not be used for navigation.
- Trustworthiness; keeping one's word.
- Synonyms: dependability, reliability, trustability
Derived terms
Related terms
- integer
- integral
- integrate
- integrated
- integrous (very rare)
Translations
steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
state of being wholesome; unimpaired
quality or condition of being complete; pure
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