verb
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To adorn or grace; to honour; to make becoming, appropriate, or honourable.
adjective
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(of a person or institution) Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright.
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We’re the most honest people you will ever come across.
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(of a statement) True, especially as far as is known by the person making the statement; fair; unbiased.
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an honest account of events
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In good faith; without malice.
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an honest mistake
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(of a measurement device) Accurate.
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an honest scale
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Authentic; full.
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an honest day’s work
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Earned or acquired in a fair manner.
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an honest dollar
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Open; frank.
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an honest countenance
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Decent; honourable; suitable; becoming.
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Chaste; faithful; virtuous.
adverb
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Honestly; really.
example
It wasn’t my fault, honest.
Examples of honest in a Sentence
His honest answer silenced her.
He deserved an honest answer about her response.
That's God's honest truth.
Mr. Catlin at the bank says he's as honest as they come.
He said he felt bad about it, but conceded that Tessa had been less than honest with him on more than one occasion.
He is an honest and very punctilious German.
She was honest about wanting to help him and about how she felt.
At least you're honest about it.
And I can spill my guts, honest to God, I can!
For the first time in their relationship, he'd been completely honest with her.
To be honest, I don't like the idea of a murder going unanswered.
He didn't think he'd ever met a human or Guardian as honest as this one.
I'd be less than honest if I said the security Josh can offer wasn't tempting - that and the idea of having an instant family.
Deidre did as he said and fed long, prepared to put up an honest fight this time.
To be perfectly honest, at that point, I didn't want to.
I ask you a question, you answer with the honest truth.
To be honest, she hadn't given it much thought or effort.
He wasn't entirely honest with Gerald, though.
The numbers are blocked, honest to God!
Handing out compliments seemed to be out of character for him, but hadn't he always been honest and direct?
I'm just being honest.
Much satisfaction was shown in Europe at the fall of President Celman, for investors had suffered heavily by the way in which the resources of Argentina had been dissipated by that the uprising of public opinion against his financial methods signified a more honest conduct of the national affairs in the future.
To be honest, I didn't even take time to think seriously about it.
She couldn't remember the last time she'd been so honest or embarrassed, and in front of a complete stranger!
On the day appointed, forty gray- bearded, honest old men stood before the caliph.
The statement was simple and honest, and somehow it made her feel better.
And he's very honest, that's the chief thing.
She was the most honest and virtuous woman that he had ever met.
Anatole is no genius, but he is an honest, goodhearted lad; an excellent son or kinsman.
She owed it to him to be honest.
Oh, would that men would leave the city, its splendour and its tumult and its gold, and return to wood and field and simple, honest living!
Be honest with yourself and with the people viewing your profile.
Whatever the case, they were either honest or meant to give her joy.
Infuriated, the king disowns the honest daughter and gives the kingdom to the two deceptive daughters.
If Alex was interested in Lori, Josh had no right to insist he make an honest woman of Carmen.
If I couldn't be honest with her, there was no one I could trust.
Fred's life was a mystery in some respects but he was honest and his report of Cynthia after Shipton's fall was certainly not a fabrication.
There was a caliph of Persia whose name was Al Mamoun. He had two sons whom he wished to become honest and noble men.
She laughed, but ended the conversation It was the closest they'd ever come to an honest discussion.
Cromwell himself was no ascetic and saw no harm in honest sport.
Honest to God, I didn't kill the bastard!
A co-founder should help you be more intellectually honest, a huge saver of time.
That's right - nothing but honest work.
If you're an honest, law-abiding guy, like everyone says Jeffrey Byrne was or is, why don't you just turn it in to the closest police station?
The third stage in Sir George Grey's scheme contemplated the enforced emigration of released convicts, whom the discipline of separation and public works was supposed to have purged and purified, and who would have better hopes of entering on a new career of honest industry in a new country than when thrown back among vicious associations at home.
I have to be honest that some of us do everything possible to woo the ladies.
Be honest with yourself about your money habits.
He was the one that kept me honest.
Somehow, you two have to be honest with one another, regardless of the outcome.
This is the first time we've had an honest discussion in about a million years.