Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Honesty \Hon"es*ty\, n. [OE. honeste, oneste, honor, OF.
   honest['e], onest['e] (cf. F. honn[^e]tet['e]), L. honestas.
   See {Honest}, a.]
   1. Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness;
      decency. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

            She derives her honesty and achieves her goodness.
                                                  --Shak.

   2. The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness
      and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.;
      integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or
      guile.

            That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all
            godliness and honesty.                --1 Tim. ii.
                                                  2.

   3. Chastity; modesty. --Chaucer.

            To lay . . . siege to the honesty of this Ford's
            wife.                                 --Shak.

   4. (Bot.) Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs
      having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of
      which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also
      {lunary} and {moonwort}. {Lunaria biennis} is common
      honesty; {L. rediva} is perennial honesty.

   Syn: Integrity; probity; uprightness; trustiness;
        faithfulness; honor; justice; equity; fairness; candor;
        plain-dealing; veracity; sincerity.