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probity - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Noun

probity (countable and uncountable, plural probities)

  • Integrity, especially of the quality of having strong moral principles; decency and honesty.
    • ✤ Synonyms: godliness, goodness, honour, righteousness, saintliness, uprightness, virtue; see also Thesaurus: probity
    • ✤ Antonym: wickedness
    • ✤ […] they can but bend our hearts to the love of probity and true honour […]1
    • ✤ [W]hen the interests or reputation of their own nation come into collision with those of another, they go to the opposite extreme, and forget their usual probity and candour, in the indulgence of spleen, and an illiberal spirit of ridicule.2
    • ✤ Distilled to its essence, it is by no means clear that the ‘Cablegate’ disclosures were intended to support freedom of information, transparency, probity in government, or defence of the public interest.3
    • ✤ The veterans add in their letter, which was partly coordinated by the campaign group Republic: “Officers of the British armed forces must adhere to the very highest standards of probity, honesty and honourable conduct. […]4

Etymology

From Middle French probité, from Latin probitās (“uprightness, honesty”), from probus (“good, excellent, honest”); see probe, prove.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈpɹəʊbɪti/
  • Audio (Southern England): 🔊
  • (General American) IPA: /ˈpɹoʊbəti/, [-ɾi]
  • Hyphenation: prob‧i‧ty

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Footnotes

  1. 1748, [David Hume], Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC: ↩

  2. 1819 July 31, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “English Writers on America”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number II, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, page 102: ↩

  3. 2013, Andrew F. Cooper, Jorge Heine, Ramesh Thakur, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy, OUP Oxford, →ISBN, page 464: ↩

  4. 2022 January 13, Ben Quinn, “Queen strips Prince Andrew of military roles and royal patronages”, in The Guardian ‎: ↩

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