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integrity

noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɪnˈtɛɡɹəti/
  • /ɪnˈtɛɡɹɪti/
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  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T EH1 G R AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: decency, goodness, honesty, probity, rectitude, sincerity, uprightness, angelicality, angelicalness, angelicity, angelicness, godliness, honor, integrity, propriety, righteousness, rightfulness, saintlikeness, saintliness, seemlihood, seemliness, virtuousness

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The state of being wholesome; unimpaired

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The quality or condition of being complete; pure

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: purity, unity, wholeness

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

With regards to data encryption, ensuring that information is not altered by unauthorized persons in a way that is not detectable by authorized users.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: computing, cryptography, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The ability of systems to provide timely warnings to users when they should not be used for navigation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Trustworthiness; keeping one's word.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dependability, reliability, trustability

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

moral soundness

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he expects to find in us the common honesty and integrity of men of business
  • they admired his scrupulous professional integrity

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: honesty, honestness

Narrower terms: probity

8

noun

Meaning 8

an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the integrity of the nervous system is required for normal development
  • he took measures to insure the territorial unity of Croatia

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unity, wholeness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: state

Narrower terms: completeness, incompleteness, rawness

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French intégrité, from Latin integritās (“soundness, integrity”), from integer. Doublet of entirety.

Across languages

Translations

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: ndershmëri — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Arabic: أَمَانَة (ʔamāna) — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Arabic: نَزَاهَة (nazāha) — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Belarusian: сумле́ннасць (sumljénnascʹ) — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Bengali: সত্যনিষ্ঠা (śottoniśṭha) — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Bulgarian: интегрите́т (integritét) — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Bulgarian: че́стност (čéstnost) — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Catalan: integritat — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Cebuano: integridad — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Chinese Mandarin: 正直 (zhèngzhí) — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Czech: integrita — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Czech: zásadovost — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Finnish: rehellisyys — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Finnish: suoraselkäisyys — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Finnish: kunniallisuus — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • German: Integrität — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Indonesian: integritas — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Irish: ionracas — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Italian: integrità — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Latin: honestās — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Latin: integritas — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Malay: kejujuran — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Malay: integriti — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Māori: ngākau tapatahi — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Middle English: honeste — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Old English: sōþfæstnes — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Polish: prawość — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Polish: uczciwość — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Portuguese: integridade — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Romanian: integritate — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Russian: че́стность (čéstnostʹ) — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Serbo-Croatian: интегрѝте̄т — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Serbo-Croatian: чѐстито̄ст — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Serbo-Croatian: integrìtēt — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Serbo-Croatian: čèstitōst — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Spanish: integridad — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Swahili: uadilifu — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Swedish: integritet — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Tagalog: integridad — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Ukrainian: че́сність (čésnistʹ) — steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code
  • Arabic: سَلَامَة (salāma) — state of being wholesome; unimpaired
  • Belarusian: цэ́ласнасць (célasnascʹ) — state of being wholesome; unimpaired
  • Bengali: অখণ্ডতা (okhonḍota) — state of being wholesome; unimpaired
  • Bengali: পূর্ণতা (purnota) — state of being wholesome; unimpaired
  • Bulgarian: интегрите́т (integritét) — state of being wholesome; unimpaired
  • Bulgarian: ця́лостност (cjálostnost) — state of being wholesome; unimpaired
  • Catalan: integritat — state of being wholesome; unimpaired
  • Chinese Mandarin: 完整性 (wánzhěngxìng) — state of being wholesome; unimpaired
  • Czech: integrita — state of being wholesome; unimpaired
  • Czech: celistvost — state of being wholesome; unimpaired
  • Finnish: eheys — state of being wholesome; unimpaired
  • Finnish: yhtenäisyys — state of being wholesome; unimpaired
  • Finnish: kokonaisuus — state of being wholesome; unimpaired
  • German: Integrität — state of being wholesome; unimpaired
  • Hungarian: integritás — state of being wholesome; unimpaired
  • Italian: integrità — state of being wholesome; unimpaired
  • Latin: integritās — state of being wholesome; unimpaired
  • Portuguese: integridade — state of being wholesome; unimpaired
  • Russian: це́лостность (célostnostʹ) — state of being wholesome; unimpaired
  • Serbo-Croatian: цјело̀вито̄ст — state of being wholesome; unimpaired
  • Serbo-Croatian: cjelòvitōst — state of being wholesome; unimpaired
  • Swahili: uadilifu — state of being wholesome; unimpaired
  • Ukrainian: ці́лісність (cílisnistʹ) — state of being wholesome; unimpaired
  • Arabic: سَلَامَة (salāma) — quality or condition of being complete; pure
  • Bengali: অখণ্ডতা (okhonḍota) — quality or condition of being complete; pure
  • Bulgarian: интегрите́т (integritét) — quality or condition of being complete; pure
  • Catalan: enteresa — quality or condition of being complete; pure
  • Cebuano: lunsay — quality or condition of being complete; pure
  • Chinese Mandarin: 完整性 (wánzhěngxìng) — quality or condition of being complete; pure
  • Finnish: eheys — quality or condition of being complete; pure
  • German: Integrität — quality or condition of being complete; pure
  • Italian: integrità — quality or condition of being complete; pure
  • Latin: integritās — quality or condition of being complete; pure
  • Latin: pūritās — quality or condition of being complete; pure
  • Portuguese: integridade — quality or condition of being complete; pure
  • Russian: це́лостность (célostnostʹ) — quality or condition of being complete; pure
  • Swahili: uadilifu — quality or condition of being complete; pure
  • Ukrainian: ці́лісність (cílisnistʹ) — quality or condition of being complete; pure
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