probity

Roget-categorie 939

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.4. Moral affections
›› 6.4.3. Moral conditions

#939. Probity

zelfstandig naamwoord

probity, integrity, rectitude — uprightness etc. adj. — honesty, faith — honor — bonne foi [Fr.], good faith, bona fides [Lat.] — purity, clean hands.
fairness etc. adj. — fair play, justice, equity, impartiality, principle, even-handedness — grace.
constancy — faithfulness etc. adj. — fidelity, loyalty — incorruption, incorruptibility.
trustworthiness etc. adj. — truth, candor, singleness of heart — veracity etc. 543 — tender conscience etc. (sense of duty) 926.
punctilio, delicacy, nicety — scrupulosity, scrupulousness etc. adj. — scruple — point, point of honor — punctuality.
dignity &c., (repute) 873 — respectability, respectableness etc. adj. — gentilhomme [Fr.], gentleman — man of honor, man of his word — fidus Achates [Lat.], preux chevalier [Fr.], galantuomo [It] — truepenny^†, trump, brick — true Briton — white man [U.S.].
court of honor, a fair field and no favor — argumentum ad verecundiam [Lat.].

werkwoord

be honorable etc. adj. — deal honorably, deal squarely, deal impartially, deal fairly — speak the truth etc. (veracity) 543 — draw a straight furrow — tell the truth and shame the Devil, vitam impendere vero [Lat.] — show a proper spirit, make a point of — do one's duty etc. (virtue) 944.
redeem one's pledge etc. 926 — keep one's promise, be as good as one's promise, be as good as one's word — keep faith with, not fail.
give and take, audire alteram partem [Lat.], give the Devil his due, put the saddle on the right horse.
redound to one's honor.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

upright — honest, honest as daylight — veracious etc. 543 — virtuous etc. 944 — honorable — fair, right, just, equitable, impartial, evenhanded, square — fair and aboveboard, open and aboveboard — white [U.S.].
constant, constant as the northern star — faithful, loyal, staunch — true, true blue, true to one's colors, true to the core, true as the needle to the pole — marble-constant" [Antony and Cleopatra]; true-hearted, trusty, trustworthy — as good as one's word, to be depended on, incorruptible.
straightforward etc. (ingenuous) 703 — frank, candid, open-hearted.
conscientious, tender-conscienced, right-minded — high-principled, high-minded — scrupulous, religious, strict — nice, punctilious, correct, punctual — respectable, reputable — gentlemanlike^†.
inviolable, inviolate — unviolated^†, unbroken, unbetrayed — unbought, unbribed^†.
innocent etc. 946 — pure, stainless — unstained, untarnished, unsullied, untainted, unperjured^† — uncorrupt, uncorrupted — undefiled, undepraved^†, undebauched^† — integer vitae scelerisque purus [Lat.] [Horace]; justus et tenax propositi [Lat.] [Horace]. chivalrous, jealous of honor, sans peur et sans reproche [Fr.] — high-spirited.
supramundane^†, unworldly, other-worldly, overscrupulous^†.

bijwoord

honorable etc. adj. — bona fide — on the square, in good faith, honor bright, foro conscientiae [Lat.], with clean hands.

uitdrukking

a face untaught to feign" [Pope]; bene qui latuit bene vixit [Lat.] [Ovid]; mens sibi conscia recti [Lat.] — probitas laudatur et alget [Juvenal]; fidelis ad urnam [Lat.] — his heart as far from fraud as heaven from his heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth" [Two Gentlemen]; loyaute m'oblige [Fr.] — loyaute n'a honte [Fr.] — what stronger breastplate than a heart what stronger breastplate than a heart untainted? [Henry VI].

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