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integrity

/ɪnˈtɛɡrɪti/

A2CEFR level
25/100Rarity: fairly common
NeutralRegister

General noun

The quality of being honest and having strong, consistent moral principles.

She resigned rather than sign the report, a decision that defined her integrity.

Similar: honesty, probity, principle

Topic: Character & virtue in General English

Law noun

The author's moral right to object to distortion or mutilation of a work.

Invoking the integrity right, the sculptor blocked the developer from repainting the installation.

Topic: Intellectual property in Legal English

Business noun

Adherence to strong moral and ethical principles.

The whole compliance regime rested on the personal integrity of the people running it.

Similar: probity, honesty, rectitude

Topic: Corporate governance in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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