integrity

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɛɡɹəti/, /ɪnˈtɛɡɹɪti/

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Noun

integrity (countable and uncountable, plural integrities)

1. Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.
   • 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], lines 2920-2921:

     Stand up, good Canterbury: Thy truth and thy integrity is rooted […]

   • 2023 June 22, Charles Hugh Smith, 2023-2030: Artifice Vs. Doom-Loops‎:

     Living a lie saps us of integrity and moral cohesion to the point that we can no longer distinguish between the artifice being propped up and the real world.

2. The state of being wholesome; unimpaired
3. The quality or condition of being complete; pure
4. (cryptography) With regards to data encryption, ensuring that information is not altered by unauthorized persons in a way that is not detectable by authorized users.
5. (aviation) The ability of systems to provide timely warnings to users when they should not be used for navigation.
6. Trustworthiness; keeping one's word.

Synonyms

• decency
• goodness
• honesty
• probity
• purity
• rectitude
• sincerity
• unity
• uprightness
• virtue
• wholeness

Derived terms

• bit-count integrity
• bodily integrity
• body integrity identity disorder
• data integrity
• disintegrity
• information integrity
• integritous
• integrity level
• nonintegrity
• plea integrity unit
• referential integrity
• safety integrity level
• software integrity level
• structural integrity
• tensegrity
• territorial integrity

Related terms

• integer
• integral
• integrate
• integrated
• integrous (very rare)

Translations

steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code

Albanian: ndershmëri (sq) f Arabic: أَمَانَة f (ʔamāna), نَزَاهَة f (nazāha) Belarusian: сумле́ннасць f (sumljénnascʹ) Bengali: সত্যনিষ্ঠা (bn) f (śottoniśṭha) Bulgarian: интегрите́т (bg) m (integritét), че́стност (bg) f (čéstnost) Catalan: integritat (ca) f Cebuano: integridad Chinese: Mandarin: 正直 (zh) (zhèngzhí) Czech: integrita (cs) f, zásadovost (cs) f Finnish: rehellisyys (fi), suoraselkäisyys (fi), kunniallisuus (fi) German: Integrität (de) f Irish: ionracas m Italian: integrità (it) f Latin: honestās f, integritas f Malay: kejujuran, integriti Maori: ngākau tapatahi Middle English: honeste Old English: sōþfæstnes Polish: prawość (pl) f, uczciwość (pl) f Portuguese: integridade (pt) f Romanian: integritate (ro) f Russian: че́стность (ru) f (čéstnostʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: интегрѝте̄т m, чѐстито̄ст f Roman: integrìtēt (sh) m, čèstitōst (sh) f Spanish: integridad (es) Swahili: uadilifu (sw) Swedish: integritet (sv) c Tagalog: integridad Ukrainian: че́сність (čésnistʹ)

state of being wholesome; unimpaired

Arabic: سَلَامَة f (salāma) Belarusian: цэ́ласнасць f (célasnascʹ) Bengali: অখণ্ডতা (bn) f (okhonḍota), পূর্ণতা (bn) f (purnota) Bulgarian: интегрите́т (bg) m (integritét), ця́лостност (bg) f (cjálostnost) Catalan: integritat (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 完整性 (zh) (wánzhěngxìng) Czech: integrita (cs) f, celistvost (cs) f Finnish: eheys (fi), yhtenäisyys (fi), kokonaisuus (fi) German: Integrität (de) f Hungarian: integritás (hu) Italian: integrità (it) f Latin: integritās f Portuguese: integridade (pt) f Russian: це́лостность (ru) f (célostnostʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: цјело̀вито̄ст f Roman: cjelòvitōst (sh) f Swahili: uadilifu (sw) Ukrainian: ці́лісність (uk) (cílisnistʹ)

quality or condition of being complete; pure

Arabic: سَلَامَة f (salāma) Bengali: অখণ্ডতা (bn) f (okhonḍota) Bulgarian: интегрите́т (bg) m (integritét) Catalan: enteresa f Cebuano: lunsay Chinese: Mandarin: 完整性 (zh) (wánzhěngxìng) Finnish: eheys (fi) German: Integrität (de) f Italian: integrità (it) f Latin: integritās f, pūritās f Portuguese: integridade (pt) f Russian: це́лостность (ru) f (célostnostʹ) Swahili: uadilifu (sw) Ukrainian: ці́лісність (uk) (cílisnistʹ)

References

• integrity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia