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English noun: dishonesty

1. dishonesty (attribute) the quality of being dishonest


Broader (hypernym)unrighteousness


Narrower (hyponym)corruption, corruptness, crookedness, deceit, deceptiveness, deviousness, disingenuousness, fraudulence, larcenous, obliquity, rascality, shiftiness, slipperiness, thievishness, trickiness, unscrupulousness, untruthfulness


Antonymshonestness, honesty

2. dishonesty (act) lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing


Synonymsknavery


Broader (hypernym)actus reus, misconduct, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct


Narrower (hyponym)betrayal, charlatanism, falsehood, falsification, perfidy, quackery, treachery, treason, trick









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