integrity
pronunciation
How to pronounce integrity in British English:
UK [ɪnˈteɡrəti]
How to pronounce integrity in American English:
US [ɪnˈteɡrəti]
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- Noun:
- an unreduced or unbroken completeness or totality
- moral soundness
Word Origin
- integrity
- integrity: see entire
- integrity (n.)
- c. 1400, "innocence, blamelessness; chastity, purity," from Old French integrité or directly from Latin integritatem (nominative integritas) "soundness, wholeness, blamelessness," from integer "whole" (see integer). Sense of "wholeness, perfect condition" is mid-15c.
Synonym
Example
- 1. They undermine the integrity of our economy and democracy .
- 2. Sincerity and personal integrity are crucial to their appeal .
- 3. Now , some critics have real integrity about these lists .
- 4. And he handled it with a high degree of integrity .
- 5. Throughout my career , I have lived by the principles of personal honour and professional integrity .