probity
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pro·bi·ty
(prō'bĭ-tē) 
n.
Complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness: "He was a gentlemanly Georgian, a person of early American probity" (Mary McGrory).
n.
Complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness: "He was a gentlemanly Georgian, a person of early American probity" (Mary McGrory).
[Middle English probite, from Old French, from Latin probitās, from probus, upright, good.]
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Salman Rushdie, writing in The New York Times, harshly criticized the ruthlessness of Muslim law as it relates to women and the cravenness of the legal systems in India and Pakistan in capitulating to it:
"In honor-and-shame cultures like those of India and Pakistan, male honor resides in the sexual probity of women, and the 'shaming' of women dishonors all men."
Link: India and Pakistan's Code of Dishonor
Posted July 11, 2005.
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Roget's Thesaurus:
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probity
noun
- The quality or state of being morally sound: good, goodness, morality, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, uprightness, virtue, virtuousness. See right/wrong.
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probity
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Definition: fairness, honesty
Antonyms: deceit, dishonesty, unfairness, untrustworthiness
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probity
IN BRIEF: Virtue or integrity tested and confirmed.
The mayor was known for her probity especially after the extended court case involving fair use of election funds.
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Probity
Dansk (Danish)
n. - retskaffenhed, retsindighed, redelighed
Nederlands (Dutch)
rechtschapenheid
Français (French)
n. - probité
Deutsch (German)
n. - Rechtschaffenheit
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ακεραιότητα, εντιμότητα
Italiano (Italian)
rettitudine, onestà, dirittura morale
Português (Portuguese)
n. - probidade (f)
Español (Spanish)
n. - probidad
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - redlighet, rättskaffenhet
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
诚实, 正直, 廉洁
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 誠實, 正直, 廉潔
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) نزاهه, استقامه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - שלמות, תום, הגינות, יושר
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