Honor vs. Integrity

By Jaxson

  • Integrity

    Integrity is the practice of being honest and showing a consistent and uncompromising adherence to strong moral and ethical principles and values.

    In ethics, integrity is regarded as the honesty and truthfulness or accuracy of one’s actions. Integrity can stand in opposition to hypocrisy, in that judging with the standards of integrity involves regarding internal consistency as a virtue, and suggests that parties holding within themselves apparently conflicting values should account for the discrepancy or alter their beliefs. The word integrity evolved from the Latin adjective integer, meaning whole or complete. In this context, integrity is the inner sense of “wholeness” deriving from qualities such as honesty and consistency of character. As such, one may judge that others “have integrity” to the extent that they act according to the values, beliefs and principles they claim to hold.

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  • Honor (noun)

    recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration of someone, usually for being morally upright and/or competent

    “The crowds gave the returning general much honor and praise.”

  • Honor (noun)

    the state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity

    “He was a most perfect knight, for he had great honor and chivalry.”

    “His honor was unstained.”

  • Honor (noun)

    a token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by the state to a citizen

    “Honors are normally awarded twice a year: on The Queen’s Birthday in June and at the New Year.”

    “He wore an honor on his breast.”

    “military honors; civil honors”

    “Audie Murphy received many honors, such as the Distinguished Service Cross.”

  • Honor (noun)

    a privilege

    “I had the honour of dining with the ambassador.”

  • Honor (noun)

    the privilege of going first

    “I’ll let you have the honours, Bob—go ahead.”

  • Honor (noun)

    a cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament.

    “He is an honour to his nation.”

  • Honor (noun)

    a seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended

  • Honor (noun)

    the center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon honour point}}

  • Honor (noun)

    In bridge, an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit. In some other games, an ace, king, queen or jack.

  • Honor (noun)

    (courses for) an honours degree: a university qualification of the highest rank

    “At university I took honours in modern history.”

  • Honor (verb)

    to think of highly, to respect highly; to show respect for; to recognise the importance or spiritual value of

    “The freedom fighters will be forever remembered and honored by the people.”

  • Honor (verb)

    to conform to, abide by, act in accordance with (an agreement, treaty, promise, request, or the like)

    “I trusted you, but you have not honored your promise.”

    “refuse to honor the test ban treaty”

  • Honor (verb)

    to confer (bestow) an honour or privilege upon (someone)

    “Ten members of the profession were honored at the ceremony.”

    “The prince honored me with an invitation to his birthday banquet.”

  • Honor (verb)

    to make payment in respect of (a cheque, banker’s draft, etc.)

    “I’m sorry Sir, but the bank did not honour your cheque.”

  • Integrity (noun)

    Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.

  • Integrity (noun)

    The state of being wholesome; unimpaired

  • Integrity (noun)

    The quality or condition of being complete; pure

  • Integrity (noun)

    With regards to data information is not altered by unauthorized persons in a way that is not detectable by authorized users.

  • Integrity (noun)

    The ability of a system to provide timely warnings to users when they should not be used for navigation.

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