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Webster 1913 Edition

Integrity

In-teg′ri-ty

,
Noun.
[L.
integritas
: cf. F.
intégrité
. See
Integer
, and cf.
Entirety
.]
1.
The state or quality of being entire or complete; wholeness; entireness; unbroken state;
as, the
integrity
of an empire or territory
.
Sir T. More.
2.
Moral soundness; honesty; freedom from corrupting influence or motive; – used especially with reference to the fulfillment of contracts, the discharge of agencies, trusts, and the like; uprightness; rectitude.
The moral grandeur of independent
integrity
is the sublimest thing in nature.
Buckminster.
Their sober zeal,
integrity
, and worth.
Cowper.
3.
Unimpaired, unadulterated, or genuine state; entire correspondence with an original condition; purity.
Syn. – Honesty; uprightness; rectitude. See
Probity
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Integrity

INTEG'RITY

,
Noun.
[L. integritas, from integer.]
1.
Wholeness; entireness; unbroken state. The constitution of the U.States guaranties to each state the integrity of its territories. The contracting parties guarantied the integrity of the empire.
2.
The entire, unimpaired state of any thing, particularly of the mind; moral soundness or purity; incorruptness; uprightness; honesty. Integrity comprehends the whole moral character, but has a special reference to uprightness in mutual dealings, transfers of property,and agencies for others.
The moral grandeur of independent integrity is the sublimest thing in nature, before which the pomp of eastern magnificence and the splendor of conquest are odious as well as perishable.
3.
Purity; genuine, unadulterated, unimpaired state; as the integrity of language.

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