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How does the noun integrity contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of integrity are honesty, honor, and probity. While all these words mean "uprightness of character or action," integrity implies trustworthiness and incorruptibility to a degree that one is incapable of being false to a trust, responsibility, or pledge.

When is it sensible to use honesty instead of integrity?

Although the words honesty and integrity have much in common, honesty implies a refusal to lie, steal, or deceive in any way.

When can honor be used instead of integrity?

The words honor and integrity are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, honor suggests an active or anxious regard for the standards of one's profession, calling, or position.

When would probity be a good substitute for integrity?

While the synonyms probity and integrity are close in meaning, probity implies tried and proven honesty or integrity.

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of integrity Democratic opponents of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, also known as the SAVE America Act, have deployed dubious arguments against the latest version of the federal election integrity law. Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 15 Feb. 2026 Last Thursday, the league issued a $500,000 fine to the Utah Jazz and a $100,000 penalty to the Indiana Pacers for sitting healthy players, believing their apparent tanking actions compromised the league’s competitive integrity. Greg Beacham, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026 As comptroller, my responsibility would be ensuring fiscal integrity, protecting taxpayers, and safeguarding public education funding. Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026 Los Angeles County Department of Building and Safety officials will need to assess the integrity of the building. Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for integrity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for integrity
Noun
  • Amanda Askell's job is to try to teach Claude a sense of morality, or how to be good.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The philosopher Aristotle wrote tomes on morality and human behavior.
    Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • That honesty was essential to the film.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Moura inhabits the raw honesty of a man caught in the heart of authoritarianism, anchoring a timely, true-story-adjacent drama.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Founder Dee Elms is known for her ability to blend modern and classic elements in distinctive designs that honor and celebrate the storied architecture of each home.
    Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker stared up at the scoreboard and smiled Monday night as a tribute video played in his honor.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The debate occurred during Socrates’s inquiry into human virtue, recounted in Plato’s Republic.
    Paul Rosenzweig, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Casting all the virtue and vice signaling on the political spectrum aside with his straightforward embrace of America, Bunny then gave viewers a geography lesson by listing the countries that make up the Americas.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Tunnels are also not truly watertight, requiring drainage measures like sump pumps and creating maintenance and reliability issues, the group advised.
    Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2026
  • And right now, California’s energy transition is failing the very people it’s supposed to help — working- and middle-class families — because it is being driven more by mandates and hope than by realism, reliability, and affordability.
    Suzette Valladares, Oc Register, 15 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Richness is goodness, and McFadden’s 50/50 mix of pecorino and Parmigiano-Reggiano is a pantry godsend.
    Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Innocence and goodness are not the same thing; The Changeling shares William Blake’s respect for the wayward freedom of the children’s imagination.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Some people thought the character was too much, but Danica managed to make her just that without losing the truthfulness, and the ending wouldn’t have worked without that.
    Annika Pham, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The renegade baseball general manager in Moneyball, for instance, was later played by Brad Pitt, while the characters in The Big Short were portrayed by Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, and Pitt again, among others.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The space’s custom art was created by Amazonian artist Winny Tapajós, portraying a mischievous garden scene full of whimsical characters.
    Devorah Lev-Tov, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2026

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“Integrity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/integrity. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.

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