[ˈɒnɪsti], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the quality of being honest
(e.g: they spoke with convincing honesty about their fears)

- a European plant with purple or white flowers and round, flat, translucent seed pods which are used for indoor flower arrangements


Phrases:
- honesty is the best policy
- in all honesty

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French honeste, from Latin honestas, from honestus (see honest). The original sense was ‘honour, respectability’, later ‘decorum, virtue, chastity’. The plant is so named from its seed pods, translucency symbolizing lack of deceit