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
  • Fiscal rectitude may only come to reign after a few bond market tantrums.
    Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
  • 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
Definition of rectitude
Noun
  • There are reasons to doubt the sincerity of HTS’s moderate turn.
    Sam Heller, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Bringing them coffee and breakfast in bed is a good way to start, but rubbing their feet at the end of the day and listening to their war stories from work proves your sincerity.
    Lisa Stardust, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of sincerity
Noun
  • Some fabrics, like stretchy elastane and nylon, can retain bacteria and sweat—and, thus, need to be laundered more frequently to prevent odors and preserve the integrity of the material.
    Emily Chan, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2024
  • To preserve this unique part of the Mini’s story, Tolman replaced the can with a stronger version to ensure mechanical integrity.
    Trinity Francis, Forbes, 22 Dec. 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
  • Moreover, the qualified immunity that prosecutors have for purposes of not enabling lawsuits aimed at redressing good faith prosecutions, applies to prosecutors, not investigators—and the FBI is an investigatory agency.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • There’s good faith in negotiations going forward that’s going to allow this logo to be used again.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of good faith
Noun
  • The dilemma recalls Otto Preminger’s Whirlpool and Where the Sidewalk Ends, post-WWII films about personal probity but without the melodramatic hype that cheapened both.
    Armond White, National Review, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Although this is the right move to convince the ECB that becoming lender of last resort will not open the door to moral hazard, since the pact is to bind all countries to fiscal probity, the austerity policies embedded in it are likely only to reinforce the growth crisis.
    Vivien A. Schmidt, Foreign Affairs, 28 Nov. 2011
Definition of probity
Noun
  • Human teams can improve the reliability of specific knowledge agents by refining data sources and prompts.
    Michael Wegmüller, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The service changes should also improve TARC's reliability and on-time performance, TARC Executive Director Ozzy Gibson said in the release.
    Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of reliability
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