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/ɪntˈɛgrəti/ /ɪntˈɛgrɪti/ Listen

noun

Integrity n.

The state or quality of being entire or complete; wholeness; entireness; unbroken state; as, the integrity of an empire or territory.

Moral soundness; honesty; freedom from corrupting influence or motive; used especially with reference to the fulfillment of contracts, the discharge of agencies, trusts, and the like; uprightness; rectitude. "The moral grandeur of independent integrity is the sublimest thing in nature." "Their sober zeal, integrity, and worth."

Unimpaired, unadulterated, or genuine state; entire correspondence with an original condition; purity. "Language continued long in its purity and integrity."

Synonyms: Honesty; uprightness; rectitude. See Probity.

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Etymology of 'Integrity'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Integrity" Quotes from Famous Books

... were just and incorruptible in their conduct: but Aemilius seems to have had the advantage of the customs and state of feeling among his countrymen, by which he was trained to integrity, while Timoleon without any such encouragement acted virtuously, from his own nature. This is proved by the fact that the Romans of that period were all submissive to authority, and carried out the traditions of the state, respecting the ...

— Plutarch's Lives, Volume I (of 4) • Plutarch

... the responsible duties of Chief Magistrate of the United States it was with the conviction that three things were essential to its peace, prosperity, and fullest development. First among these is strict integrity in fulfilling all our obligations; second, to secure protection to the person and property of the citizen of the United States in each and every portion of our common country, wherever he may choose to move, without reference ...

— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Ulysses S. Grant • James D. Richardson

... could confide so much as himself; and that if he would come the following evening at a late hour, he should have the precious deposit. On hearing this, the dervish expressed his gratification that so much confidence should be placed in his integrity, and agreed to take charge of the treasure. Next day the merchant returned to the kazi, who bade him go back to the dervish and demand his money once more, and should he refuse, threaten to complain to the kazi. The result ...

— Supplemental Nights, Volume 2 • Richard F. Burton

... on a solid foundation by the exact payment of debts, and to grant to congress powers extensive enough to compel the people to contribute for this purpose. The attempt, my lord, has been vain, by pamphlets and other publications, to spread notions of justice and integrity, and to deprive the people of a freedom which they have so misused. By proposing a new organization of the federal government all minds would have been revolted; circumstances ruinous to the commerce of America have happily arisen to furnish the reformers ...

— The Fathers of the Constitution - Volume 13 in The Chronicles Of America Series • Max Farrand

... the universe and the so-called moral order, and of which his own particular grievances are a specimen. Not that the curious spectacle that daily meets our eye, wherein wickedness and hypocrisy are prosperous and triumphant while truth and integrity are trampled under foot, is necessarily incompatible with absolute and eternal justice; it is irreconcileable only with the attributes of a personal deity, an almighty and just creator, who would necessarily be responsible for these evils as for all things else, if he ...

— The Sceptics of the Old Testament: Job - Koheleth - Agur • Emile Joseph Dillon

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