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honesty

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honesty /ˈɑːnəsti/ noun
honesty
/ˈɑːnəsti/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of HONESTY
[noncount]
: the quality of being fair and truthful : the quality of being honest

honesty is the best policy

used to say that telling the truth is better than lying even when it is hard to do

in all honesty

used to stress that a statement is true