integrity C1 Topic:Abstract Ideas US /ɪnˈtɛɡɹəti/ See IPA manual Freq #6188 Meanings 1 noun The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles. She is a leader of great integrity who always keeps her word. 2 noun The state of being whole and undamaged. The flood threatened the structural integrity of the bridge. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the quality of being honest... honestyhonorprobitydecency 2 noun · the state of being whole... unitywholeness Word family Forms integrities Derived forms disintegrityintegritousnonintegritytensegrity Related forms integerintegralintegrateintegratedintegrous Etymology AI details Borrowed from Middle French intégrité, from Latin integritās (“soundness, integrity”), from integer. Doublet of entirety. intégrité Middle French integritās Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # integrity **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɪnˈtɛɡɹəti/ **Frequency rank:** 6188 ## Meanings 1. The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles. 2. The state of being whole and undamaged. ## Examples - She is a leader of great integrity who always keeps her word. - The flood threatened the structural integrity of the bridge. ## Derived Forms - disintegrity - integritous - nonintegrity - tensegrity ## Related Forms - integer - integral - integrate - integrated - integrous ## Roots and Affixes - Root: intégrité - Root: integritās ## Etymology Borrowed from Middle French intégrité, from Latin integritās (“soundness, integrity”), from integer. Doublet of entirety. ## AI Etymology Integrity is borrowed from Middle French intégrité, from Latin integritās (“soundness, integrity”), from integer. Doublet of entirety. The historical chain includes intégrité (Middle French) and integritās (Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as disintegrity, integritous, nonintegrity, and tensegrity and related forms such as integer, integral, and integrate. In present use it covers the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles and the state of being whole and undamaged. ## Topics - Abstract Ideas - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown