'Honesty' definitions:

Definition of 'honesty'

(from WordNet)
noun
The quality of being honest [syn: honesty, honestness] [ant: dishonesty]
noun
Southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration [syn: honesty, silver dollar, money plant, satin flower, satinpod, Lunaria annua]

Definition of 'Honesty'

From: GCIDE
  • Honesty \Hon"es*ty\, n. [OE. honeste, oneste, honor, OF. honest['e], onest['e] (cf. F. honn[^e]tet['e]), L. honestas. See Honest, a.]
  • 1. Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • She derives her honesty and achieves her goodness. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile. [1913 Webster]
  • That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. --1 Tim. ii. 2. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Chastity; modesty. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • To lay . . . siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Bot.) Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also lunary and moonwort. Lunaria biennis is common honesty; Lunaria rediva is perennial honesty.
  • Syn: Integrity; probity; uprightness; trustiness; faithfulness; honor; justice; equity; fairness; candor; plain-dealing; veracity; sincerity. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'honesty'

From: GCIDE
  • Lunaria \Lunaria\ prop. n. A small genus of European herbs of the mustard family, including the herb honesty (Lunaria annua), which is also called moonwort and lunary.
  • Syn: genus Lunaria. [WordNet 1.5]