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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INTEG'RITY, n. [L. integritas, from integer.]
1. Wholeness; entireness; unbroken state. The constitution of the U.States guaranties to each state the integrity of its territories. The contracting parties guarantied the integrity of the empire.
2. The entire, unimpaired state of any thing, particularly of the mind; moral soundness or purity; incorruptness; uprightness; honesty. Integrity comprehends the whole moral character, but has a special reference to uprightness in mutual dealings, transfers of property,and agencies for others.
The moral grandeur of independent integrity is the sublimest thing in nature, before which the pomp of eastern magnificence and the splendor of conquest are odious as well as perishable.
3. Purity; genuine, unadulterated, unimpaired state; as the integrity of language.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting; "the integrity of the nervous system is required for normal development"; "he took measures to insure the territorial unity of Croatia" [syn: integrity, unity, wholeness]
2: moral soundness; "he expects to find in us the common honesty and integrity of men of business"; "they admired his scrupulous professional integrity"

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English integrite, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French integrité, from Latin integritat-, integritas, from integr-, integer entire Date: 14th century 1. firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values ; incorruptibility 2. an unimpaired condition ; soundness 3. the quality or state of being complete or undivided ; completeness Synonyms: see honesty

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 moral uprightness; honesty. 2 wholeness; soundness. Etymology: ME f. F intégrité or L integritas (as INTEGER)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Integrity In*teg"ri*ty, n. [L. integritas: cf. F. int['e]grit['e]. See Integer, and cf. Entirety.] 1. The state or quality of being entire or complete; wholeness; entireness; unbroken state; as, the integrity of an empire or territory. --Sir T. More. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you have integrity, you are honest and firm in your moral principles. I have always regarded him as a man of integrity... 2. The integrity of something such as a group of people or a text is its state of being a united whole. (FORMAL) Separatist movements are a threat to the integrity of the nation. N-UNCOUNT: with poss

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

in-teg'-ri-ti (tom, tummah): The translation of tom, "simplicity," "soundness," "completeness," rendered also "upright," "perfection." Its original sense appears in the phrase letom (1Ki 22:34; 2Ch 18:33), "A certain man drew his bow at a venture" margin "Hebrew, in his simplicity" (compare 2Sa 15:11, "in their simplicity"). It is translated "integrity" (Ge 20:5,6; 1Ki 9:4; Ps 7:8; 25:21; 26:1,11; 41:12; 78:72; Pr 19:1; 20:7), in all which places it seems to carry the meaning of simplicity, or sincerity of heart and intention, truthfulness, uprightness. In the plural (tummim) it is one of the words on the breastplate of the high priest (Ex 28:30; De 33:8; Ezr 2:63; Ne 7:65), one of the sacred lots, indicating, perhaps, "innocence" or "integrity" Septuagint aletheia). See URIM AND THUMMIM. Another word translated "integrity" is tummah, from tamam, "to complete," "be upright," "perfect," only in Job 2:3,1; 27:5; 31:6; Pr 11:3.

The word "integrity" does not occur in the New Testament, but its equivalents may be seen in "sincerity," "truth," the "pure heart," the "single eye," etc. In the above sense of simplicity of intention it is equivalent to being honest, sincere, genuine, and is fundamental to true character.

W. L. Walker

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Wholeness, entireness, entirety, completeness. 2. Rectitude, uprightness, probity, honesty, virtue, goodness, principle, moral soundness.

Moby Thesaurus

absoluteness, assured probity, blamelessness, character, cleanness, coherence, collectivity, combination, completeness, complex, comprehensiveness, decency, differentiation, differentness, distinctiveness, egohood, elementarity, embodiment, entireness, entirety, erectness, estimableness, exhaustiveness, fairness, forthrightness, fullness, fundamentality, fusion, good character, goodness, high ideals, high principles, high-mindedness, homogeneity, honesty, honor, honorableness, human factor, identity, immaculacy, inclusiveness, incorruptibility, incorruption, individualism, individuality, indivisibility, intactness, integer, integrality, integration, inviolability, irreducibility, irreproachability, irreproachableness, justice, justness, monism, moral excellence, moral strength, morality, nobility, nominalism, nonconformity, omnipresence, oneness, organic unity, particularism, particularity, perfection, personal equation, personal identity, personality, personship, pervasiveness, plainness, plenitude, principle, principles, probity, pureness, purity, rectitude, reputability, respectability, righteousness, self-identity, selfhood, selfness, selfsameness, severity, simpleness, simplicity, singleness, singularity, solidarity, solidification, solidity, soul, soundness, stability, stainlessness, starkness, straightforwardness, thoroughness, togetherness, totality, trustworthiness, ubiquity, unadulteration, undividedness, unification, uniformity, unimpeachability, unimpeachableness, uniqueness, unity, universality, univocity, unmixedness, unsophistication, unspottedness, uprightness, upstandingness, veracity, virtue, virtuousness, whole, wholeness, worthiness