Honesty

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Chastity; modesty.

II. Honesty ·adj Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency.

III. Honesty ·adj The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, ·etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile.

IV. Honesty ·adj Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom;

— called also lunary and moonwort. Lunaria biennis is common honesty; L. rediva is perennial honesty.

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