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noun

integrity

the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles

In a sentence

Six example sentences with integrity, each labelled with its topic.

  • Auditors trusted her integrity so completely that they accepted a handwritten note where anyone else would have needed receipts.

    Business

  • A judge who returns a gift from a party appearing before her protects the integrity of every ruling she signs.

    Law

  • The analyst resigned rather than sign the forecast, and colleagues still cite that decision as a matter of integrity.

    Finance

  • Voters cited her integrity, since she had returned every donation from firms bidding on city contracts.

    Politics

  • Scientific integrity means reporting the failed trials as carefully as the one that finally worked.

    Science

  • The referee's integrity was never questioned, even by coaches who had lost on his calls a dozen times.

    Basketball

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