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intégrité

integrity, honesty

noun an-tay-gree-TAY Rare
Mind & Emotions Personality

Origin: Latin integritas (wholeness)

Also means

completeness, wholeness

Usage Note

intégrité covers both moral integrity (honesty, uprightness) and the physical or conceptual integrity of something (its undivided wholeness). L'intégrité territoriale ('territorial integrity') is a fixed phrase in political discourse. The related adjective is intègre ('upright, honest'), not intégral (which means 'complete, full').

Examples

"On respecte son intégrité professionnelle."

Natural Translation

People respect his professional integrity.

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