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Definition of Probity
1. Noun. Complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles. "He enjoys an exaggerated reputation for probity"
Definition of Probity
1. n. Tried virtue or integrity; approved moral excellence; honesty; rectitude; uprightness.
Definition of Probity
1. Noun. integrity ¹
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Definition of Probity
1. complete and confirmed integrity [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Probity
Literary usage of Probity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1879)
"A man's duty to his neighbour is accordingly partly negative and partly positive :
to discharge the negative branch of it, is probity : to discharge the ..."
2. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1907)
"As to ethics in general, a man's happiness will depend, rule* of, in the first
place, upon such parts of his behaviour as none but I. probity? ..."
3. English Synonymes, with Copious Illustrations and Explanations, Drawn from by George Crabb (1854)
"probity ¡я а free principle, that acts without any force; integrity is a defensive
... probity excludes all injustice; integrity excludes in a particular ..."
4. Criminology by Raffaele Garofalo (1914)
"The Punishment of Criminals Deficient in probity. We now proceed to consider the
penal treatment applicable to the third main class of criminals — those who ..."
5. Criminology by Raffaele Garofalo (1914)
"I'.ia Punishment of Criminals Deficient in probity. We now proceed to consider
the penal treatment applicable to the third main class of criminals — those ..."
6. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"... that " both in his public and private capacity, he was spoken of by all parties
with honour, as a person of great knowledge and probity;"2 it would ..."
7. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1907)
"He has (as the Prints tell us) left the Character of a Man of strict probity,
and a curious Enquirer into the Antiquity and History of this Nation. Nov. ..."
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