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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

... the least to live in large rooms, be waited on by servants, or have nice things about her; she took to all these naturally. For a few days Mr. and Mrs. Grant watched with some anxiety, fearing to discover a flaw in their treasure, but no flaw appeared. Not that Annie was faultless, but hers were honest little faults; there was nothing hidden or concealed in her character, and in a short time her new friends had learned to trust her and to ...

— Nine Little Goslings • Susan Coolidge

... a secret mission. I'm here to round up a man, and see what sort of branding marks he has on him—that is, whether he's honest or not." ...

— The Boy from the Ranch - Or Roy Bradner's City Experiences • Frank V. Webster

... shame expel; An honest business never blush to tell. To learn what fates thy wretched sire detain, We pass'd the wide immeasurable main. Meet then the senior far renown'd for sense With reverend awe, but decent confidence: Urge him with ...

— The Odyssey of Homer • Homer, translated by Alexander Pope

... intact, for his own cherishing and pride. It was a moral aspiration, but in his alarm the native grossness of his nature came clattering out like a devil out of a trap. He would blow the gaff, split, give away the whole show, he would back up honest people, kiss the book, say what he thought, let all the world know . . . and when he paused to draw breath, all around him was silent and still. Before the impetus of that respectable passion his words were scattered like chaff driven by a gale and rushed headlong into the ...

— The Rescue • Joseph Conrad

... bitterly reproached his Christian seducers. One negro king, debarred by his religion from the use of spirituous liquors, and therefore less dangerously tempted than others, abolished the slave-trade throughout his dominions and exerted himself to encourage honest industry; but his people must have been as ...

— An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans • Lydia Maria Child

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