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Honest
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- 1 Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright.
"brutally honest"
- 2 True, especially as far as is known by the person making the statement; fair; unbiased.
"an honest account of events"
- 3 In good faith; without malice.
"an honest mistake"
- 4 Accurate.
"an honest scale"
- 5 Authentic; full.
"an honest day's work"
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- 6 Earned or acquired in a fair manner.
"an honest dollar"
- 7 Open; frank.
"an honest countenance"
- 8 Decent; honourable; suitable; becoming. obsolete
"Behold what honest clothes you send forth to bleaching!"
- 9 Chaste; faithful; virtuous. obsolete
"Wives may be merry, and yet honest too."
- 1 gained or earned without cheating or stealing wordnet
- 2 not forged wordnet
- 3 not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; marked by truth wordnet
- 4 without pretensions wordnet
- 5 without dissimulation; frank wordnet
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- 6 worthy of being depended on wordnet
- 1 Honestly; really. colloquial
"It wasn’t my fault, honest."
- 1 To adorn or grace; to honour; to make becoming, appropriate, or honourable. obsolete
"You have very much honested my lodging with your presence."
Etymology
From Middle English honest, honeste (“honourable, appropriate, excellent”), from Old French honeste, from Latin honestus, from honor. For the verb, see Latin honestāre (“to clothe or adorn with honour”), and compare French honester. Displaced native Old English sōþfæst (literally “truth-firm”).
From Middle English honest, honeste (“honourable, appropriate, excellent”), from Old French honeste, from Latin honestus, from honor. For the verb, see Latin honestāre (“to clothe or adorn with honour”), and compare French honester. Displaced native Old English sōþfæst (literally “truth-firm”).
From Middle English honest, honeste (“honourable, appropriate, excellent”), from Old French honeste, from Latin honestus, from honor. For the verb, see Latin honestāre (“to clothe or adorn with honour”), and compare French honester. Displaced native Old English sōþfæst (literally “truth-firm”).
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