01 n. The state or quality of being entire or complete; wholeness; entireness; unbroken state; as, the integrity of an empire or territory.
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The state or quality of being entire or complete; wholeness; entireness; unbroken state; as, the integrity of an empire or territory.
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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.” — Buckminster.“Their sober zeal, integrity, and worth.” — Cowper.
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Unimpaired, unadulterated, or genuine state; entire correspondence with an original condition; purity.“Language continued long in its purity and integrity.” — Sir M. Hale.
Syn.
Honesty; uprightness; rectitude. See Probity.