Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sincerity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sincerity \Sin*cer"i*ty\, n. [L. sinceritas: cf. F.
sinc['e]rit['e].]
The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or
intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or
false pretense; sincereness.
I protest, in the sincerity of love. --Shak.
Sincerity is a duty no less plain than important.
--Knox.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sincerity
n 1: an earnest and sincere feeling [syn: {earnestness}, {seriousness}]
2: the quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or
hypocritical; "his sincerity inspired belief"; "they
demanded some proof of my sincerity" [ant: {insincerity}]
3: a quality of naturalness and simplicity; "the simple
sincerity of folk songs" [syn: {unassumingness}]
4: the trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not
necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice [syn: {seriousness},
{earnestness}, {serious-mindedness}] [ant: {frivolity}]
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