N. probity,
integrity,
rectitude, uprightness,
honesty, faith, honor, bonne foi, good faith, bona fides, purity, clean hands, fairness, fair play, justice,
equity,
impartiality, principle, even-handedness, grace,
constancy, faithfulness,
fidelity,
loyalty, incorruption,
incorruptibility, trustworthiness, truth,
candor, singleness of heart,
veracity, tender conscience,
punctilio, delicacy,
nicety,
scrupulosity,
scrupulousness,
scruple, point, point of honor,
punctuality, dignity &c, (repute) 873,
respectability,
respectableness, gentilhomme, gentleman, man of honor, man of his word, fidus achates, preux chevalier, galantuomo,
truepenny,
trump, brick, true briton, white man *, court of honor, a fair field and no favor, argumentum ad verecundiam
V. be honorable, deal honorably, deal squarely, deal impartially, deal fairly, speak the truth, draw a straight furrow, tell the truth and shame the devil, vitam impendere vero, show a proper spirit, make a point of, do one's duty, redeem one's pledge, keep one's promise, be as good as one's promise, be as good as one's word, keep faith with, not fail, give and take, audire alteram partem, give the devil his due, put the saddle on the right horse, redound to one's honor
Adj. upright,
honest, honest as daylight,
veracious,
virtuous, honorable, fair, right, just,
equitable, impartial,
evenhanded, square, fair and aboveboard, open and aboveboard, white *, constant, constant as the northern star, faithful,
loyal,
staunch, true, true blue, true to one's colors, true to the core, true as the needle to the pole, "marble-constant",
true-hearted,
trusty,
trustworthy, as good as one's word, to be depended on, incorruptible,
straightforward,
frank,
candid,
open-hearted,
conscientious, tender-conscienced,
right-minded,
high-principled,
high-minded,
scrupulous, religious, strict, nice,
punctilious, correct,
punctual, respectable, reputable,
gentlemanlike,
inviolable,
inviolate,
unviolated, unbroken,
unbetrayed, unbought,
unbribed, innocent, pure,
stainless,
unstained,
untarnished,
unsullied,
untainted,
unperjured, uncorrupt, uncorrupted,
undefiled,
undepraved,
undebauched, integer vitae scelerisque purus, justus et tenax propositi,
chivalrous, jealous of honor, sans peur et sans reproche, high- spirited,
supramundane, unworldly, other-worldly,
overscrupulous Adv. honorable,
bona fide, on the square, in good faith, honor bright, foro conscientiae, with clean hands
Phr. "a face untaught to feign", bene qui latuit bene vixit, mens sibi conscia recti, probitas laudatur et alget, fidelis ad urnam, "his heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth", loyaute m'oblige, loyaute n'a honte, "what stronger breastplate than a heart untainted?"
N. virtue,
virtuousness, morality, moral rectitude,
integrity, nobleness, morals, ethics, cardinal virtues, merit, worth, desert, excellence, credit,
self-control,
self-denial, well-doing, good actions, good behavior, discharge of duty, fulfillment of duty, performance of duty, well-spent life,
innocence V. be virtuous, practice virtue, do one's duty, fulfill one's duty, perform one's duty, discharge one's duty, redeem one's pledge, keep one's promise, act well, act one's part, fight the good fight, acquit oneself well, command one's passions, master one's passions, keep in the right path, set an example, set a good example, be on one's good behavior, be on one's best behavior
Adj. virtuous, good, innocent,
meritorious, deserving, worthy, desertful, correct,
dutiful,
duteous, moral, right, righteous, right- minded,
well-intentioned, creditable,
laudable,
commendable,
praiseworthy, above all praise, beyond all praise, excellent, admirable, sterling, pure, noble,
whole-souled,
exemplary,
matchless,
peerless, saintly, saint-like,
heaven-born,
angelic,
seraphic,
godlike Adv. virtuously &c, adj, e merito
Phr. esse quam videri bonus malebat, schonheit vergeht tugend besteht, "virtue the greatest of all monarchies", virtus laudatur et alget, virtus vincit invidiam
V. be innocent, nil conscire sibi nulla pallescere culpa,
acquit,
exculpate Adj. innocent, not guilty, unguilty, guiltless, faultless, sinless,
stainless, bloodless, spotless, clear,
immaculate, rectus in curia,
unspotted,
unblemished,
unerring,
undefiled,
unhardened,
saturnian,
arcadian,
inculpable,
unculpable,
unblamed,
unblamable,
blameless, unfallen,
inerrable, above suspicion,
irreproachable,
irreprovable,
irreprehensible, unexceptionable, unobjectionable,
unimpeachable,
salvable,
venial,
harmless, inoffensive,
innoxious,
innocuous, dove-like, lamb- like, pure, harmless as doves, innocent as a lamb, innocent as the babe unborn, "more sinned against than sinning",
virtuous,
unreproved,
unimpeached, unreproached
Adv. innocently, with clean hands, with a clear conscience, with a safe conscience
Phr. murus aeneus conscientia sana
N. purity,
decency,
decorum, delicacy,
continence, # chastity,
honesty, virtue,
modesty, shame,
pudicity,
pucelage,
virginity,
vestal, virgin, joseph,
hippolytus, lucretia,
diana,
prude Adj. pure,
undefiled, modest, delicate,
decent,
decorous, virginibus puerisque, simon-pure,
chaste, continent,
virtuous,
honest,
platonic, virgin,
unsullied,
cherry Phr. "as chaste as unsunn'd snow", "a soul as white as heaven", "'tis chastity, my brother, chastity", "to the pure all things are pure"
