Probity
Nouns
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probity, integrity, rectitude
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uprightness etc. adj.
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honesty, faith
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honor
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good faith
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purity, clean hands. fairness etc. adj.
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fair play, justice, equity, impartiality, principle, even-handedness
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grace. constancy
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faithfulness etc. adj.
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fidelity, loyalty
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incorruption, incorruptibility. trustworthiness etc. adj.
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truth, candor, singleness of heart
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veracity etc. Veracity
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tender conscience etc. (sense of duty) Duty. punctilio, delicacy, nicety
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scrupulosity, scrupulousness etc. adj.
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scruple
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point, point of honor
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punctuality. dignity etc., (repute) Repute
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respectability, respectableness etc. adj.
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gentleman
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man of honor, man of his word
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truepenny, trump, brick
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true Briton
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white man [U.S.]. court of honor, a fair field and no favor
Verbs
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be honorable etc. adj.
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deal honorably, deal squarely, deal impartially, deal fairly
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speak the truth etc. (veracity) Veracity
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draw a straight furrow
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tell the truth and shame the Devil
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show a proper spirit, make a point of
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do one's duty etc. (virtue) Virtue. redeem one's pledge etc. Duty
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keep one's promise, be as good as one's promise, be as good as one's word
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keep faith with, not fail. give and take, give the Devil his due, put the saddle on the right horse. redound to one's honor.
Adjectives
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upright
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honest, honest as daylight
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veracious etc. Veracity
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virtuous etc. Virtue
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honorable
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fair, right, just, equitable, impartial, evenhanded, square
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fair and aboveboard, open and aboveboard
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white [U.S.]. constant, constant as the northern star
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faithful, loyal, staunch
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true, true blue, true to one's colors, true to the core, true as the needle to the pole
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marble-constant" [Antony and Cleopatra]
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true-hearted, trusty, trustworthy
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as good as one's word, to be depended on, incorruptible. straightforward etc. (ingenuous) Artlessness
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frank, candid, open-hearted. conscientious, tender-conscienced, right-minded
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high-principled, high-minded
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scrupulous, religious, strict
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nice, punctilious, correct, punctual
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respectable, reputable
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gentlemanlike. inviolable, inviolate
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unviolated, unbroken, unbetrayed
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unbought, unbribed. innocent etc. Innocence
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pure, stainless
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unstained, untarnished, unsullied, untainted, unperjured
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uncorrupt, uncorrupted
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undefiled, undepraved, undebauched
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jealous of honor
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high-spirited. supramundane, unworldly, other-worldly, overscrupulous.
Adverbs
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honorable etc. adj.
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bona fide
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on the square, in good faith, honor bright, with clean hands.
Phrases
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a face untaught to feign" [Pope]
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probitas laudatur et alget [Juvenal]
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his heart as far from fraud as heaven from his heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth" [Two Gentlemen]
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what stronger breastplate than a heart what stronger breastplate than a heart untainted? [Henry VI].