integrity
noun/ɪnˈtɛɡɹəti/ · /ɪnˈtɛɡɹɪti/
Etymology Borrowed from Middle French intégrité, from Latin integritās (“soundness, integrity”), from integer. Doublet of entirety.
Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.
- Stand up, good Canterbury: Thy truth and thy integrity is rooted […]1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], lines 2920-2921:
- Living a lie saps us of integrity and moral cohesion to the point that we can no longer distinguish between the artifice being propped up and the real world.2023 June 22, Charles Hugh Smith, 2023-2030: Artifice Vs. Doom-Loops:
The state of being wholesome; unimpaired
The quality or condition of being complete; pure
Computing, Cryptography, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences With regards to data encryption, ensuring that information is not altered by unauthorized persons in a way that is not detectable by authorized users.
Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences The ability of systems to provide timely warnings to users when they should not be used for navigation.
Trustworthiness; keeping one's word.
- Derived terms
- bit-count integrity, bodily integrity, body integrity identity disorder, data integrity, disintegrity, information integrity, integritous, integrity level, nonintegrity, referential integrity, safety integrity level, software integrity level, structural integrity, tensegrity, territorial integrity
- Related terms
- integer, integral, integrate, integrated, integrous