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Definition of Honest
Honest

Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming.

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.

Open; frank; as, an honest countenance.

Chaste; faithful; virtuous.

To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable.

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Honest Quotations

I'm being honest, I say what I think.
Boy George

Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.
Thomas A. Edison

The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.
Hunter S. Thompson

Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.
Josh Billings

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.
Winston Churchill

Honest Translations

honest in Afrikaans is eerlik
honest in Dutch is eerlijk, eerzaam, degelijk
honest in Finnish is rehellinen
honest in German is ehrlich, ehrenwerte
honest in Italian is onesto
honest in Latin is pia pium, pius
honest in Portuguese is honesto
honest in Spanish is leal, sincero


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