honesty ( h silent), honeste, honestee, honestie

[O. Fr. honestet, from Lat. honest a tem, acc us. of honest as =honorablene ; Fr. honnéteté; Sp. honest i dad.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. The quality or state of being honest; honor; honorable character or conduct; uprightne ; integrity; probity; justice; sincerity; good faith. "I'll prove mine honor and mine honesty." Shakesp.: Comedy of Errors, v. *2. Decency; what is becoming; love of what is noble and becoming. "It is not honesty in me to speak What I have seen." Shakesp.: Othello, iv. 1. 3. Fairne in dealings or conduct. *4. Chastity, modesty. "To lay an amiable siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife." Shakesp.: Merry Wives of Windsor , ii. 2. II. Bot .: The cruciferous genus Lunaria, and spec., L. biennis .