Honest

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Chaste; faithful; virtuous.

II. Honest ·adj Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming.

III. Honest ·adj Open; frank; as, an honest countenance.

IV. Honest ·adj To Adorn; to Grace; to Honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable.

V. Honest ·adj Characterized by integrity or fairness and straight/forwardness in conduct, thought, speech, ·etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false;

— said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession.

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