Definition of honest
- a. - Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming.
- a. - Characterized by integrity or fairness and
straight/forwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just;
equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or
duplicity; not false; -- said of persons and acts, and of things to
which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an
honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest
book; an honest confession.
- a. - Open; frank; as, an honest countenance.
- a. - Chaste; faithful; virtuous.
- a. - To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming,
appropriate, or honorable.