In*teg"ri*ty (?), n. [L.
integritas: cf. F. intégrité. See
Integer, and cf. Entirety.]
1. The state or quality of being entire or
complete; wholeness; entireness; unbroken state; as, the
integrity of an empire or territory. Sir T.
More.
2. Moral soundness; honesty; freedom from
corrupting influence or motive; -- used especially with reference to
the fulfillment of contracts, the discharge of agencies, trusts, and
the like; uprightness; rectitude.
The moral grandeur of independent integrity is
the sublimest thing in nature.
Buckminster.
Their sober zeal, integrity, and
worth.
Cowper.
3. Unimpaired, unadulterated, or genuine
state; entire correspondence with an original condition;
purity.
Language continued long in its purity and
integrity.
Sir M. Hale.
Syn. -- Honesty; uprightness; rectitude. See
Probity.