Definition of Honest

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Honest

Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming.

Characterized by integrity or fairness and straight/forwardness 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.

Open; frank; as, an honest countenance.

Chaste; faithful; virtuous.

To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable.

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Honest Quotations

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.
Thomas Jefferson

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
Maya Angelou

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.
Winston Churchill

Be prepared and be honest.
John Wooden

Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest.
Benjamin Franklin

And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.
Benjamin Franklin

God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man.
Benjamin Franklin

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.
Mohandas Gandhi

An honest man is always a child.
Socrates

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.
Socrates

Honest Translations

honest in Afrikaans is eerlik
honest in Dutch is eerlijk, eerzaam, degelijk
honest in Finnish is rehellinen
honest in German is ehrlich, ehrenwerte
honest in Italian is onesto
honest in Latin is pia pium, pius
honest in Portuguese is honesto
honest in Spanish is leal, sincero

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