probity
PROH-bih-teenounMeaning complete honesty and integrity
Memory hook PROBE-ITY: probe all you want, it’s honest. The inspectors probe every page of Treasurer Lin’s books and find every penny in its place. Her probity is complete.
The judge was known for her probity; no one ever doubted her rulings.
In context The town chose Mr. Ali to count the money from the fundraiser because of his probity: in forty years as the bank’s treasurer, he had never been off by a single penny.
Similar integrity, honesty, trustworthiness, uprightness
Opposite dishonesty, corruption
From Latin probitas, “uprightness, honesty,” from probus (good, honest), the same root as prove.