Thesaurus: honest

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1. a. Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming.
2. a. Characterized by integrity or fairness and straight/forwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; -- said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession.
3. a. Open; frank; as, an honest countenance.
4. a. Chaste; faithful; virtuous.
5. a. To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable.
6. adj. not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; marked by truth
7. adj. without dissimulation; frank
8. adj. worthy of being depended on
9. adj. without pretensions
10. adj. not forged
11. adj. gained or earned without cheating or stealing
12. 1. Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming. Chaucer. Belong what honest clothes you send forth to bleaching! Shak. 2. Characterized by integrity or fairness and straightas, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession. An honest man's the noblest work of God. Pope. An honest physician leaves his patient when he can contribute no farther to his health. Sir W. Temple. Look ye out among you seven men of honest report. Acts vi. 3. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. Rom. xii. 17. 3. Open; frank; as, an honest countenance. 4. Chaste; faithfuk; virtuous. Wives may be merry, and yet honest too. Shak. Syn. -- Upright; ingenuous; honorable; trusty; faithful; equitable; fair; just; rightful; sincere; frank; candid; genuine. To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable. [Obs.] Abp. Sandys.