honesty
part of speech
noun (honesty — uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) Honesty is being honest: telling the truth, not cheating and not stealing. tree →
2) Honesty is also being open about your feelings and mistakes. tree →
sense in the lessons
In values and feelings lessons, honesty builds trust: owning up when you break something, handing in money you find, not copying in tests. Being honest kindly matters too — you can be truthful without being hurtful. In stories, honest characters are often rewarded (the woodcutter who tells the truth about the axe), and the reader learns that lies cause trouble. Phrases: «honesty is the best policy», «in all honesty», «with honesty».
examples
- Honesty is the best policy. tree →
- I admire her honesty about the broken vase. tree →
- Our school values are honesty, kindness and respect. tree →
- Thank you for your honesty. tree →
- Honesty helps friends trust each other. tree →
- In all honesty, I didn't like the film much. tree →
- The shop has an honesty box for paying for eggs. tree →
- Honesty means not taking things that aren't yours. tree →
- Mercury was greatly pleased with the Woodman's honesty. tree →
note
Uncountable: «honesty», not «an honesty». The «h» is silent: «ON-ist-ee», so «an honest boy». Adjective honest, adverb honestly; opposite dishonesty. An honesty box (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) is a box where people pay without anyone watching.
In the corpora
- Good grown-ups face these with honesty and love.
- Honesty gets credit."
- Honesty for an AI starts with three labels: what you know, what you heard and what you guess.
- It goes on with honesty about yourself.
- Honesty and good manners show respect: telling the truth keeps trust, and lost things go back to their owners.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «honesty» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.