Definitions
gained or earned without cheating or stealing
Word origin
From Middle English honest, honeste (“honourable, appropriate, excellent”), from Old French honeste, from Latin honestus, from honor. For the verb, see Latin honestāre (“to clothe or adorn with honour”), and compare French honester. Displaced native Old English sōþfæst (literally “truth-firm”).
Used in a sentence
“brutally honest”
“We’re the most honest people you will ever come across.”
“A true and honest physician is excused for leaving his patient, when he finds the disease grown desperate”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Not lying”6 letters
02“Truthful”6 letters
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