probity

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French probité, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin probitas (“uprightness, honesty”), from probus (“good, excellent, honest”); see probe, prove.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊbɪti/

Noun

probity (countable and uncountable, plural probities)

1. integrity
   • 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of morals, London: Oxford University Press, 1973, § 1,

     … they can but bend our hearts to the love of probity and true honour, …

Synonyms

• decency, goodness, godliness, honesty, honor, saintliness, uprightness, virtue, righteousness

Related terms

• probe, prove

Antonyms

• wickedness

Translations

integrity

• Dutch: integriteit (nl) f, rechtschapenheid f, eerlijkheid (nl) f, oprechtheid (nl) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: redelighet (no) m or f

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: uczciwość (pl) f
• Portuguese: probidade (pt)
• Spanish: probidad (es) f
• Swedish: redlighet (sv) c, rättskaffenhet c

External links

• “probity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “probity”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.