Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dishonesty"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dishonesty \Dis*hon"es*ty\, n. [Cf. OF. deshonest['e], F.
d['e]shonn[^e]tet['e].]
1. Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame. [Obs.] ``The hidden
things of dishonesty.'' --2 Cor. iv. 2.
2. Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want
of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to
defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness.
3. Violation of trust or of justice; fraud; any deviation
from probity; a dishonest act.
4. Lewdness; unchastity. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dishonesty
n 1: the quality of being dishonest [ant: {honesty}]
2: lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing [syn:
{knavery}]
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