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honestness

honestness noun: quality of being honest.

Noun

honestness (uncountable)

  1. Quality of being honest.

Origin of honestness

From Middle English honestnesse, honestnysse, honestnas, equivalent to honest + -ness.

Questions about honestness

What does honestness mean?
Honestness means quality of being honest.
What part of speech is honestness?
Honestness is a noun.

Words near honestness in the dictionary

  1. honestie
  2. honesties
  3. honesting
  4. honestley
  5. honestly
  6. honestness
  7. honestone
  8. honestones
  9. honests
  10. honesty
  11. honesty bar

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