integrity

integrity is on the Academic Word List.

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• Hyphenation: in‧teg‧ri‧ty

Noun

Singular integrity

Plural none

1. Integrity is the quality of being honest and of doing only good things.

   I liked the integrity she showed when she wouldn't let someone from the other company pay for her lunch.

2. Integrity is the quality of being whole, not broken.

   We need to test the integrity of the bridge.