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honest | American Dictionary

honest
adjective
us/ˈɑn·əst/
(of a person) truthful or able to be trusted; not likely to steal, cheat, or lie, or (of actions, speech, or appearance) showing these qualities:
an honest man
an honest answer
To be honest (= To tell the truth), I didn’t like the movie.

Examples of honest

honest
Yet, growing into old age has taught me to be honest with myself.
It might have been useful in this theological text to be honest about the ways in which religion might be destructive to human wellbeing.
Many readers may find this too vague and nondirective a conclusion, but it may also be the most honest and potentially motivational conclusion available.
In the crucial issues of rhetorical cogency, expressive adequacy, and honest intent, such tools have no place.
Truth telling is an important principle of medical ethics because honest communication shows respect, it promotes an effective therapeutic relationship, and it preserves trust.
For some people, they give correct change because they are honest, because they care about fairness, and so on.
The role of honest broker in negotiations between loquacious opponents, however, was not to the ambassador's liking.
His call for "honest" taxes operated on the premise that his opponents would flinch before the prospect of a divisive debate about transparent taxes.
Lastly, sincerity (being honest, speaking from the heart, etc.) is a positive trait that rock critics commonly cite.
The disagreement here is confined to the author's open and honest reductionism.
Both sides may be perfectly honest, both may wish to tell the truth and the whole truth.
And yet, if the moderates were morally narrow and shortsighted, they were also morally honest.
This awkward piece, gangling and almost painfully honest in its criticism, was, so to speak, 'disappeared'.
Here is a painful and painfully honest account of how easily a project can fail to meet its own expectations.
To be honest, it is hard to say - they actually give little attention to offering constructive alternatives, or routes to achieving them.
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