honestynoun [ U ]
uk/ˈɒn.ə.sti/us/ˈɑː.nə.sti/B2 the quality of being honest:
I appreciate your honesty.
I must tell you in all honesty (= truthfully and hiding nothing) that there is little chance of the proposal being approved.
More examples
- She spoke with brutal honesty - I was too old for the job.
- He should be praised for his honesty.
- And the moral of the story is that honesty is always the best policy.
- I have no reason to doubt her honesty, it's just that I can't understand how it happened.
- Well, I don't want to offend anyone but, in all honesty, I do have some criticisms to make.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Honesty, openness & sincerity
- (as) man to man idiom
- above board
- artless
- be on the level idiom
- bona fide
- bone
- in good faith idiom
- integrity
- joke
- joking apart/aside idiom
- let's face it idiom 1
- level with sb
- nail
- stainless
- straight arrow idiom
- straight up idiom
- straightforward
- the straight and narrow idiom
- transparent
- truly
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Idiom(s)
honesty is the best policy