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probity Definition

pro·bity (prōbə tē, präbə-)

noun

uprightness in one's dealings; integrity

Etymology: L probitas < probus, good, proper: see probe

probity Synonyms

probity

n.

probity Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • ensure: Are there systems in place to ensure financial probity?
  • demonstrate: Are our officers ' negotiations with operators about concessions well documented and sufficiently transparent for us to demonstrate probity?
  • guarantee: Question 1: Are these criteria sufficient to guarantee the probity of those who wish to work within the High Court enforcement industry?

Noun used with modifier

  • business: All these initiative are having a major effect on the way directors view business probity.

Adjective modifier

  • financial: Are there systems in place to ensure financial probity?
  • moral: The only resource the Tibetan government has is its image of moral probity which is indivisible from the perception of the Dalai Lama.
  • commercial: For Hofland, commercial probity and religious piety are united, not separate, virtues.
  • utmost: The operators of the cameras will operate with the utmost probity at all times.
  • fiscal: Fiscal probity is nonexistent when the budget deficit hovers in the double-digits.
  • personal: Mr Brown, whose credentials as heir apparent rest on his reputation for economic competence and personal probity, would find it much harder.

Modifies a noun

  • issue: There have been no adverse events or probity issues.
  • check: There is no link to the NHS payment process, the probity checks or the main database.
  • requirement: It was in planning decisions that probity requirements were particularly acute.

Preposition: in

  • conduct: To maintain the highest standards of probity in the conduct of our business.
  • management: While we appreciate the need to ensure probity in the management of council affairs, the Standards Board needs radical reform.