Honest

Honest, adjective

1) not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent • honest report
2) gained or earned without cheating or stealing • honest wage
3) not forged • honest food
4) marked by truth • honest answers
5) without pretensions • honest trade
6) without dissimulation; frank • honest opinion
7) worthy of being depended upon • honest friend

synonyms : fair, truthful, genuine, authentic, virtuous, guileless, reliable

ORIGIN : c.1300, “respectable, decent, of neat appearance,” also “free from fraud,” from Old French honeste (12c.), from Latin honestus “honorable, respected,” from honos (see honor). Main modern sense of “dealing fairly, truthful” is c.1400, as is sense of “virtuous.”

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