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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɛɡɹəti/, /ɪnˈtɛɡɹɪti/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

integrity (countable and uncountable, plural integrities)

Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.
Synonyms: decency, goodness, honesty, probity, rectitude, sincerity, uprightness; see also Thesaurus:probity
- 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], lines 2920-2921:
  Stand up, good Canterbury: Thy truth and thy integrity is rooted […]
- 2023 June 22, Charles Hugh Smith, 2023-2030: Artifice Vs. Doom-Loops‎^[1], archived from the original on 13 April 2026:
  Living a lie saps us of integrity and moral cohesion to the point that we can no longer distinguish between the artifice being propped up and the real world.
The state of being wholesome; unimpaired
The quality or condition of being complete; pure
Synonyms: purity, unity, wholeness
(cryptography) With regards to data encryption, ensuring that information is not altered by unauthorized persons in a way that is not detectable by authorized users.
(aviation) The ability of systems to provide timely warnings to users when they should not be used for navigation.
Trustworthiness; keeping one's word.
Synonyms: dependability, reliability, trustability

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Translations

steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code

Albanian: ndershmëri (sq) f
Arabic: أَمَانَة f (ʔamāna), نَزَاهَة f (nazāha)
Belarusian: сумле́ннасць f (sumljénnascʹ)
Bengali: সত্যনিষ্ঠা (bn) f (śottoniśṭha)
Bulgarian: интегрите́т (bg) m (integritét), че́стност (bg) f (čéstnost), до́блест (bg) f (dóblest)
Catalan: integritat (ca) f
Cebuano: integridad
Chinese:
Mandarin: 正直 (zh) (zhèngzhí)
Czech: integrita (cs) f, zásadovost (cs) f
Finnish: rehellisyys (fi), suoraselkäisyys (fi), kunniallisuus (fi)
German: Integrität (de) f, Prinzipienfestigkeit f
Indonesian: integritas (id)
Irish: ionracas m
Italian: integrità (it) f
Latin: honestās f, integritās f
Malay: kejujuran, integriti
Māori: ngākau tapatahi
Middle English: honeste
Old English: sōþfæstnes
Polish: prawość (pl) f, uczciwość (pl) f
Portuguese: integridade (pt) f
Romanian: integritate (ro) f
Russian: че́стность (ru) f (čéstnostʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: интегрѝте̄т m, чѐстито̄ст f

Latin: integrìtēt (sh) m, čèstitōst (sh) f
Spanish: integridad (es)
Swahili: uadilifu (sw)
Swedish: integritet (sv) c
Tagalog: integridad
Ukrainian: че́сність (čésnistʹ)

state of being wholesome; unimpaired

Arabic: سَلَامَة f (salāma)
Belarusian: цэ́ласнасць f (célasnascʹ)
Bengali: অখণ্ডতা (bn) f (okhonḍota), পূর্ণতা (bn) f (purnota)
Bulgarian: интегрите́т (bg) m (integritét), ця́лостност (bg) f (cjálostnost)
Catalan: integritat (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 完整性 (zh) (wánzhěngxìng)
Czech: integrita (cs) f, celistvost (cs) f
Finnish: eheys (fi), yhtenäisyys (fi), kokonaisuus (fi)
German: Integrität (de) f
Hungarian: integritás (hu)
Italian: integrità (it) f
Latin: integritās f
Portuguese: integridade (pt) f
Russian: це́лостность (ru) f (célostnostʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: цјело̀вито̄ст f

Latin: cjelòvitōst (sh) f
Swahili: uadilifu (sw)
Ukrainian: ці́лісність (uk) (cílisnistʹ)

quality or condition of being complete; pure

Arabic: سَلَامَة f (salāma)
Bengali: অখণ্ডতা (bn) f (okhonḍota)
Bulgarian: интегрите́т (bg) m (integritét)
Catalan: enteresa f
Cebuano: lunsay
Chinese:
Mandarin: 完整性 (zh) (wánzhěngxìng)
Finnish: eheys (fi)
German: Integrität (de) f
Italian: integrità (it) f
Latin: integritās f, pūritās f
Portuguese: integridade (pt) f
Russian: це́лостность (ru) f (célostnostʹ)
Swahili: uadilifu (sw)
Ukrainian: ці́лісність (uk) (cílisnistʹ)

cryptography: ensuring that information is not altered by unauthorized persons

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can

aviation: ability of systems to provide timely warnings

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can

trustworthiness

Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} надеждност f (nadeždnost)

References

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