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adjective

Honest adj.

Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming. "Belong what honest clothes you send forth to bleaching!"

Characterized by integrity or fairness and straightforwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession. "An honest man's the noblest work of God." "An honest physician leaves his patient when he can contribute no farther to his health." "Look ye out among you seven men of honest report." "Provide things honest in the sight of all men."

Open; frank; as, an honest countenance.

Chaste; faithful; virtuous. "Wives may be merry, and yet honest too."

Synonyms: Upright; ingenuous; honorable; trusty; faithful; equitable; fair; just; rightful; sincere; frank; candid; genuine.

verb

Honest v. t. To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Honest'

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"Honest" Quotes from Famous Books

... man on sight. Nor liked him much the less when told he had been a robber! Cris supposed that in Mexico a robber may sometimes be an honest man, or at all events, have taken to the road through some supposed wrong—personal or political. Freebooting is less a crime, or at all events, more easy of extenuation in a country whose chief magistrate himself is a freebooter; and such, at this moment, neither more nor less, was the ...

— The Free Lances - A Romance of the Mexican Valley • Mayne Reid

... Wharton, should never meet his enemy but openly, and with arms in his hands. I have served two kings of England, as I now serve my native land; but never did I approach a foe, unless under the light of the sun, and with honest notice that ...

— The Spy • James Fenimore Cooper

... courtyard that the concierge was obliged to pull up the grass between the paving stones. Messrs. Barbet and Metivier paid a few rare visits to their landlords, and the punctuality with which they paid their rent classed them as good tenants; in fact, they were looked upon as very honest ...

— The Lesser Bourgeoisie • Honore de Balzac

... of the influence which induced that single vote, but in the absence of any proof to the contrary it must be regarded as an honest opinion conscientiously given. ...

— Bucholz and the Detectives • Allan Pinkerton

... real motive is. I think that what you desire you pursue, and are as selfish in your way as your bearded fellow-creatures are. And as for the truth being in you, of all the women in a great acquaintance, I protest there are but—never mind. A perfectly honest woman, a woman who never flatters, who never manages, who never cajoles, who never conceals, who never uses her eyes, who never speculates on the effect which she produces, who never is conscious of unspoken admiration, what a monster, I say, would such a ...

— The Newcomes • William Makepeace Thackeray

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