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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 By ensuring instant authentication with Certilogo, brands can protect their integrity and forge direct relationships with an entirely new pool of potential customers through the secondary market, while giving consumers the peace of mind that comes with verified authenticity. Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025 But the true innovation is in how Taylor Farms merges scale with integrity. William Jones, Freep.com, 27 Oct. 2025 Your challenge is to integrate wisdom with responsibility, to walk your talk and live your truth with integrity. Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025 Or maybe the integrity thing to do would be to stay in it and keep fighting in the foxhole. Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for integrity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for integrity
Noun
  • When the pursuit of the truth calls character into question, a war over morality begins and a clash between #Momtok and #Dadtok erupts.
    Andrew McGowan, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
  • When the pursuit of the truth calls character into question, a war over morality begins, and a clash between #Momtok and #Dadtok erupts.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The seven pillars of society—wisdom, love, respect, bravery, honesty, humility, and truth—aren’t just words carved into sacred walls.
    Maria Williams, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
  • That requires a lot of honesty.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Johnson’s early performance led to him earning second-team midseason Associated Press All-America honors.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2025
  • And even though those consequences are, in the grand scheme of things, nothing as big as what their conduct might demand, the fact that Andrew had to give up his royal titles and honors is more than a lot of people expected.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Syclone may not have been fully appreciated during its day, but today, more than 30 years later, enthusiasts have caught onto its major virtues.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Instead, the head of the Southern Baptist Convention now posits that empathy is an artificial virtue.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • What skills — care, competence, sincerity, and reliability — are needed to strengthen the trust in these relationships?
    Colin Bedell, Them., 28 Oct. 2025
  • Customers and industry experts, like those with Consumer Reports, say that Viasat and Hughesnet, in particular, suffer from reliability issues.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The result is a skillet of melty goodness that’s packed with flavor.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Thank goodness that remains true today.
    Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In books and movies, though, versions of amnesia lurk everywhere … Amnesiacs might not much exist, but amnesiac characters stumble everywhere through comic books, movies, and our dreams.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Other new characters joining the mix are Malcolm’s girlfriend, Tristan (Kiana Madeira) and his daughter, Leah (Keeley Karsten).
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The film’s ever-so-slightly absurd sincerity is nothing if not brazen.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
  • In the film’s version of events, the fate of the plane and everyone on it comes down to Nobody’s ability to manipulate the relative sincerity of Japan’s Deputy Minister Shinichi Ishida and Seo Go-myung.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Integrity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/integrity. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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