2. Moral soundness; honesty; freedom from corrupting
influence or motive; -- used especially with reference to
the fulfillment of contracts, the discharge of agencies,
trusts, and the like; uprightness; rectitude.
The moral grandeur of independent integrity is the
sublimest thing in nature. --Buckminster.
Their sober zeal, integrity. and worth. --Cowper.
3. Unimpaired, unadulterated, or genuine state; entire
correspondence with an original condition; purity.
Language continued long in its purity and integrity.
--Sir M. Hale.
Syn: Honesty; uprightness; rectitude. See {Probity}.