honorableness

noun

Definition of honorablenessnext
as in incorruptibility

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for honorableness
  1. rectitude
  2. sincerity
  3. integrity
  4. scrupulosity
  5. good faith
  6. probity
  7. reliability
Noun
  • Civil War is unconvinced of many things: that journalism will save us, that democracy will endure, that the left or the right has any purchase on rectitude.
    Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2024
  • Sheridan's Jamie has a quiet courage and sense of moral rectitude, which contrasts with Terry's more erratic approach to police work.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024
Definition of rectitude
Noun
  • In addition to learning content, your audience needs to believe in the sincerity of the speaker.
    Jay Sullivan, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • During our conversation, Heidecker spoke about Slipping Away, the challenges of embracing sincerity, how his musical career has developed and flourished, the end of the world, and why his next record might need to be funny.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of sincerity
Noun
  • Jen Easterly, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said the election was peaceful and secure, and that malicious activity had no significant impact on the integrity of the process.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • The task force also aims to protect voting rights and ensure that election officials can do their jobs without fear of harassment or violence, thereby safeguarding the integrity of the election process.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of integrity
Noun
  • His efforts to repent led him into a spiral of extreme scrupulosity.
    Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Sep. 2021
  • His function is purely semiotic, and objections to him are hardly rooted in scrupulosity about matters of fact or logic.
    Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 20 Oct. 2019
Definition of scrupulosity
Noun
  • Michigan law, Wagner said, requires the credit union to do a good faith investigation.
    Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The complaint seeks an undetermined amount of monetary damages for six claims, including fraud, defamation, and breach of covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of good faith
Noun
  • But the arrival in the emerging world of financial globalization, with its demands of political and institutional stability, financial supervision, and monetary and fiscal probity, proved far more damaging.
    Alan M. Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2011
  • There are questions of law and questions of decency, and even those who skirt the outer limits of the law attempt to keep up an appearance of probity.
    Andrew Solomon, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of probity
Noun
  • Other benefits include greater speed and reliability.
    Anar Mammadov, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • From precise surgical movements to the exploration of distant planets, the Harmonic Drive's genius lies in its simplicity, reliability, and precision.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of reliability
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