honestas

honestās ātis, f

honos, honor received from others, repute, consideration, honor, reputation, character, respectability, credit : adipiscendaeque honestatis causā: honestate spoliatus: aliena, L.: honestatem omnem amittere, respect : honestatibus alqm privare (i. e. honoribus).—Plur, honorable men, men of standing : causa, in quā omnes honestates civitatis una consentiunt.—Of things, beauty, grace, merit : testudinis: in rebus.—Fig., uprightness, honor, honesty, probity, integrity, virtue, character : propter se expetenda.