Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Honesty

Honesty , noun

[Old English honeste, oneste, honor, Old French honesté, onesté (compare French honnêteté), Latin honestas. See Honest, a.]

1.
Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
She derives her honesty and achieves her goodness. — Shakespeare
2.
The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile.
That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. — 1 Tim. ii. 2
3.
Chastity; modesty. — Chaucer
To lay... siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife. — Shakespeare
4.
(Botany) Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also lunary and moonwort. Lunaria biennis is common honesty; Lunaria rediva is perennial honesty.