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"word": "honesty is the best policy"
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"word": "in all honesty"
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"taxonomic": "Clematis vitalba",
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"text": "academic / artistic / emotional / intellectual honesty",
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"text": "brutal / devastating / searing honesty",
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"text": "1787, George Colman, Junior, Inkle and Yarico, London: G.G.J. & J. Robinson, Act 2, p. 45,\nO give me your plain dealing Fellows\nWho never from honesty shrink;\nNot thinking on all they shou’d tell us,\nBut telling us all that they think."
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"ref": "1965, George Steiner, “Dying is an Art”, in Language and Silence: Essays on Language, Literature and the Inhuman, New York: Atheneum, published 1986, page 295",
"text": "To those who knew her and to the greatly enlarged circle who were electrified by her last poems and sudden death, she had come to signify the specific honesties and risks of the poet’s condition.",
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"(uncountable, countable) The act, quality, or condition of being honest."
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"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
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"word": "ndershmëri"
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"sense": "quality of being honest",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
"word": "誠實"
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{
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"roman": "chéngshí",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
"word": "诚实"
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"tags": [
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "quality of being honest",
"word": "rehellisyys"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṗaṭiosneba",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
"word": "პატიოსნება"
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"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Ehrlichkeit"
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"roman": "entimótita",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
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"word": "τιμιότητα"
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"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
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"roman": "christótita",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "χρηστότητα"
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"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
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"roman": "efsyneidisía",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ευσυνειδησία"
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"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
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"roman": "ithikótita",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "ηθικότητα"
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"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
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"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "saccāī",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "सच्चाई"
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"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "quality of being honest",
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
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"word": "ionracas"
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"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "onestà"
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"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "lealtà"
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{
"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "correttezza"
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"alt": "しょうじき",
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"roman": "shōjiki",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
"word": "正直"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeongjik",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
"word": "정직"
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"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "khuām sat sư̄",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
"word": "ຄວາມສັດຊື່"
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"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
"code": "la",
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"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
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"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
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"word": "probitās"
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"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "iskrenost",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
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"word": "искреност"
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"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
"word": "sathyasandhatha"
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"sense": "quality of being honest",
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"word": "ærlighet"
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"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
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"word": "ærlegdom"
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"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
"code": "oc",
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"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
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"sense": "quality of being honest",
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"word": "aunestetat"
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"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
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"word": "onestat"
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"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
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"word": "szczerość"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
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"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "honestidade"
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"sense": "quality of being honest",
"word": "onestitate"
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
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"sense": "quality of being honest",
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"feminine"
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"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
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"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
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"word": "poštenost"
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"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
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"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
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"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
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"word": "honestidad"
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"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
"word": "katapatan"
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"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
"code": "tl",
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"sense": "quality of being honest",
"word": "onestidad"
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{
"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "nijāyiti",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
"word": "నిజాయితి"
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"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
"code": "th",
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"sense": "quality of being honest",
"word": "ความสัตย์"
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{
"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
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"word": "dürüstlük"
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"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čésnistʹ",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "че́сність"
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"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
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"sense": "quality of being honest",
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"word": "правди́вість"
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{
"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
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"sense": "quality of being honest",
"word": "tánh thành thật"
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{
"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
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"word": "tánh thanh liêm"
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{
"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
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"word": "snat"
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{
"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
"code": "yi",
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"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
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"word": "ערלעכקייט"
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{
"_dis1": "92 1 2 5",
"code": "zu",
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"sense": "quality of being honest",
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"Honor; decency, propriety."
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"(uncountable, countable, obsolete) Honor; decency, propriety."
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"text": "c. 1625, John Fletcher, The Fair Maid of the Inn, Act V, Scene 1, in Alexander Dyce (editor), The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, New York: Appleton, 1890, Volume 2, p. 669,\n… Oh, these vild women,\nThat are so ill preservers of men’s honours,\nThey cannot govern their own honesties!"
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"ref": "1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 271",
"text": "Various measures were taken to avoid it, most popular being the suspension of certain herbs and tree branches over the doorways of dwellings and stables. Commonly used greenery were tansy, honesty, garlic, St. John's Wort, mountain ash, roadside verbena.",
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"Any of various crucifers in the genus Lunaria, several of which are grown as ornamentals, particularly Lunaria annua."
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"(countable) Any of various crucifers in the genus Lunaria, several of which are grown as ornamentals, particularly Lunaria annua."
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"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kwaam-sàt",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
"word": "ความสัตย์"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
"word": "dürüstlük"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čésnistʹ",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "че́сність"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pravdývistʹ",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "правди́вість"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
"word": "tánh thành thật"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
"word": "tánh thanh liêm"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
"word": "snat"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "erlekhkeyt",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ערלעכקייט"
},
{
"code": "zu",
"lang": "Zulu",
"sense": "quality of being honest",
"tags": [
"class-14"
],
"word": "ubuqotho"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "ornamental plant",
"word": "not known in Arabic lands"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "lunarija",
"sense": "ornamental plant",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "лунария"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "ornamental plant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "setins"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "ornamental plant",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "judaspenge"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "ornamental plant",
"word": "kuuruoho"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "ornamental plant",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Mondviole"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "ornamental plant",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Silberblatt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "ornamental plant",
"word": "holdviola"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "ornamental plant",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sailchuach na gealaí"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "ornamental plant",
"tags": [
"Jersey",
"feminine"
],
"word": "monnaie dé pape"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "ornamental plant",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pana-zburătorului"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ornamental plant",
"word": "monedas del Papa"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Lunaria",
"honesty"
],
"word": "honesty"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "honesty",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "honour",
"word": "honeste"
}
],
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of honeste (“honour”)"
],
"links": [
[
"honeste",
"honeste#Middle_English:_honour"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "honesty"
}
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