dishonesty
Noun
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The quality of being dishonest (synset 104881867)
hypernym: unrighteousness - failure to adhere to moral principleshyponym:
- corruption, corruptness - lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
- unscrupulousness - the quality of unscrupulous dishonesty
- deceptiveness, obliquity - the quality of being deceptive
- deceit, fraudulence - the quality of being fraudulent
- crookedness, deviousness - the quality of being deceitful and underhanded
- rascality, shiftiness, slipperiness, trickiness - the quality of being a slippery rascal
- larcenous, thievishness - having a disposition to steal
- untruthfulness - the quality of being untruthful
- disingenuousness - the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor
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Lack of honesty;
Acts of lying or cheating or stealing (synset 100750872)hypernym: actus reus, misconduct, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct - activity that transgresses moral or civil lawhyponym:- betrayal, perfidy, treachery, treason - an act of deliberate betrayal
- charlatanism, quackery - the dishonesty of a charlatan
- trick - an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent
- falsehood, falsification - the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting
synonym: knavery
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