honesty
/ˈɒnɪstɪ/noun
mass noun
1
- the quality of being honest诚实, 老实; 真诚：
they spoke with convincing honesty about their fears
他们以令人信服的真诚讲述了他们的恐惧
it was not, in all honesty, an auspicious debut.
说实在的, 这不是一次成功的亮相。
1.1
- denoting or relating to a way of charging for goods or services which relies on a customer to pay although there is no one to collect their payments（与）自助（或自觉）（付费）（有关）的：
an honesty bar.
自助吧台。
2
- a European plant with purple or white flowers and round, flat, translucent seed pods which are used for indoor flower arrangements缎花属植物。
2.1
- Genus Lunaria, family Cruciferae.缎花属, 十字花科。
短语
honesty is the best policy
- proverb there are often practical as well as moral reasons for being honest〈谚〉诚实为上策。
词源
Middle English: from Old French honeste, from Latin honestas, from honestus （see HONEST）. The original sense was'honour, respectability', later'decorum, virtue, chastity'. The plant is so named from its seed pods, translucency symbolizing lack of deceit.