In'te-grāl'i-ty1, n.
n. [Fr. intégralité.] Entireness. [Obs.] Whitaker.
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Integrity
In-tég'ri-ty2, n.
n. [Lat. integritas, Fr. intégrité, Pr. integritat, Sp. integridad, It. integrità. See IN-TEGER.]
- The state of being entire or complete; wholeness; entireness; unbroken state; as, the integrity of an empire or territory.
- Moral soundness; honesty; freedom from every biasing or corrupting influence or motive;—used especially with reference to dealings between men in the fulfillment of contracts, the discharge of agencies, trusts, and the like; uprightness.
The moral grandeur of independent integrity is the sublimest thing in nature, before which the pomp of Eastern magnificence and the splendor of conquest are odious as well as perishable. Buckminster. 3. Unimpaired, unadulterated, or genuine state; entire correspondence with an original condition; purity. Language continued long in its purity and integrity. Hale. Syn.—Probity; honesty; uprightness; virtue; rectitude. See PROBITY.