integrity

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting
  2. noun moral soundness

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French intégrité, from Latin integritās (“soundness, integrity”), from integer. Doublet of entirety.

In classic literature

Synonyms

unity, wholeness

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