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How does the noun integrity contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of integrity are honesty, honor, and probity. While all these words mean "uprightness of character or action," integrity implies trustworthiness and incorruptibility to a degree that one is incapable of being false to a trust, responsibility, or pledge.

When is it sensible to use honesty instead of integrity?

Although the words honesty and integrity have much in common, honesty implies a refusal to lie, steal, or deceive in any way.

When can honor be used instead of integrity?

The words honor and integrity are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, honor suggests an active or anxious regard for the standards of one's profession, calling, or position.

When would probity be a good substitute for integrity?

While the synonyms probity and integrity are close in meaning, probity implies tried and proven honesty or integrity.

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of integrity During the segment, Stewart also questioned CNN’s journalistic integrity for its aggrandizement of Tapper’s latest product up for sale. Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025 The Trump administration is reinstituting integrity into our immigration system to keep our homeland and its people safe. Dan Gooding gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025 But one expert said that the structural integrity of buildings, roads, bridges and dams can be profoundly impacted when land shifts downward. Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 9 May 2025 Americans, in short, are hungry for healing—a restoration of integrity in our public life and compassion in our communities In this context, the first American pope feels providential. Christopher Hale, Time, 9 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for integrity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for integrity
Noun
  • To catch up on his late rent, Winston talks himself into a job at We Deliver, a transportation company with a colorful clientele whose requests can’t help but loosen one’s morality.
    The New York Times, New York Times, 30 May 2025
  • Regardless of their personal morality, the jurors are going to have a negative view of Mr. Combs, no question.
    Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • This season supports play, flirtation, creative courage, and emotional honesty.
    Colin Bedell, Them., 20 May 2025
  • Stevenson thanks them for their honesty, then pours three glasses of whiskey.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 18 May 2025
Noun
  • An autopsy was scheduled May 27, the same day Gov. Josh Shapiro ordered flags at state buildings flown at half-staff in Campbell’s honor.
    JD Mullane, USA Today, 29 May 2025
  • The department was then renamed in his honor in 2021, per The Richmond Times-Dispatch.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • By virtue of its basic conceit — after narrowly escaping a disaster with the help of a premonition, a group of people are stalked and killed by Death itself — almost all of these movies end with a high body count and no one making it out alive.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 22 May 2025
  • This is based on mutual respect for each other’s virtues and character.
    Gregg D. Caruso, The Conversation, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • The issue has baffled users and raised concerns about the reliability of the tool that's been integrated into workplaces, schools, and government offices across the globe.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
  • Newsom has said the tunnel project is vital to improving the reliability of water deliveries as climate change shrinks California’s snowpack and alters the timing of runoff.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • The slim-fit, waist-length tank has an aesthetically-pleasing no-seam construction that doesn’t chafe against your skin (thank goodness!), and looks polished enough to throw on and go.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 May 2025
  • The film is at its strongest when intimately keeping its lens on Aisha’s tangible struggles, while organically contextualizing the modest instances of goodness in her life in contrast with the dire political backdrop of the region.
    Tomris Laffly, Variety, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • For one final time, there is cause to raise a glass to a character who, for better and worse, is the club’s player of the season.
    Steve Madeley, New York Times, 28 May 2025
  • Look for both of these parks to show their true character as the weather warms.
    Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • Chloe is successful, tightly wound and over-calculating to the extent that doubting her sincerity is unavoidable.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2025
  • The two Iranian sources told CNN that Tehran harbors mounting doubts about US sincerity in talks.
    Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Money, 23 May 2025

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“Integrity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/integrity. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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