Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1. (a.) Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency. 2. (n.) The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile. 3. (a.) Chastity; modesty. 4. (a.) 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.
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