See Also: unrifled(1)(dictionary)
unrifled(2)(dictionary)
honesty(medicine)
honesty(dictionary)
honesty(dictionary)
HONESTY(law)

unrifled(1) (iou) and honesty (iou)


unrifled(1) (iou)



unrifled adjective1. E17.
[from UN-1 + RIFLED adjective1.]
Not plundered or ransacked. Formerly also, not disordered.

honesty (iou)



honesty noun. ME.
[Old French (h)oneste from Latin honestas, from honestus HONEST adjective: see -TY1.]
I. The quality of being honest.
Honour gained or conferred; repute, respect; respectability. ME-E17.
Appropriateness; decency, decorum. obsolete exc. Scot. LME.
a. Moral excellence; honourable character; spec. virtue, chastity, esp. of a woman. LME-M17.
b. Generosity, liberality, hospitality. LME-E19.
Integrity, uprightness, truthfulness, sincerity. L16.
E. M. Forster He had a strong regard for honesty, and his word, once given, had always been kept.
II.
A cruciferous plant, Lunaria annua, much grown for its purple or white flowers and round semi-transparent seed-pods. L16.
Phrases: in the way of honesty: see WAY noun.