English noun: dishonesty |
1. | dishonesty (attribute) the quality of being dishonest |
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| Broader (hypernym) | unrighteousness |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | corruption, corruptness, crookedness, deceit, deceptiveness, deviousness, disingenuousness, fraudulence, larcenous, obliquity, rascality, shiftiness, slipperiness, thievishness, trickiness, unscrupulousness, untruthfulness |
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| Antonyms | honestness, honesty |
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2. | dishonesty (act) lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing |
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| Synonyms | knavery |
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| Broader (hypernym) | actus reus, misconduct, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | betrayal, charlatanism, falsehood, falsification, perfidy, quackery, treachery, treason, trick |
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