integrity

/ɪnˈtɛɡɹəti/noun

A firm commitment to honest and moral principles.

Example sentences

“Voters admired the senator's integrity.”
“A journalist with integrity will never invent a source.”

Also means structural wholeness: engineers speak of the integrity of a bridge, editors of the integrity of a text.

Synonyms for integrity

honesty
honor
uprightness
probity
morality

Antonyms

dishonesty
corruption
deceit

On the Academic Word List. Find it in: Academic vocabulary, Positive words.

Related words

intrepidBrave and adventurous; showing no fear.insightfulShowing a deep and clear understanding of something.inquisitiveCurious and keen to find things out.innovativeIntroducing fresh ideas or new methods; original and inventive.invaluableSo useful or precious that its worth cannot be measured.ingenuityCleverness and skill at solving hard problems in fresh, inventive ways.