integrity : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: integrity	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for integrity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
integrity n an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting; "the integrity of the nervous system is required for normal development"; "he took measures to insure the territorial unity of Croatia" Synonym(s): integrity, unity, wholeness moral soundness; "he expects to find in us the common honesty and integrity of men of business"; "they admired his scrupulous professional integrity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Integrity \Integ"rity\, n. [L. integritas: cf. F. int[82]grit[82]. See {Integer}, and cf. {Entirety}.] 1. The state or quality of being entire or complete; wholeness; entireness; unbroken state; as, the integrity of an empire or territory. --Sir T. More. 2. Moral soundness; honesty; freedom from corrupting influence or motive; -- used especially with reference to the fulfillment of contracts, the discharge of agencies, trusts, and the like; uprightness; rectitude. The moral grandeur of independent integrity is the sublimest thing in nature. --Buckminster. Their sober zeal, integrity. and worth. --Cowper. 3. Unimpaired, unadulterated, or genuine state; entire correspondence with an original condition; purity. Language continued long in its purity and integrity. --Sir M. Hale. Syn: Honesty; uprightness; rectitude. See {Probity}.