\In*teg"ri*ty\, n. [L. integritas: cf. F.
int['e]grit['e]. See {Integer}, and cf. {Entirety}.]
1. The state or quality of being entire or complete;
   wholeness; entireness; unbroken state; as, the integrity
   of an empire or territory. --Sir T. More.
2. Moral soundness; honesty; freedom from corrupting
   influence or motive; -- used especially with reference to
   the fulfillment of contracts, the discharge of agencies,
   trusts, and the like; uprightness; rectitude.
         The moral grandeur of independent integrity is the
         sublimest thing in nature.            --Buckminster.
         Their sober zeal, integrity. and worth. --Cowper.
3. Unimpaired, unadulterated, or genuine state; entire
   correspondence with an original condition; purity.
         Language continued long in its purity and integrity.
                                               --Sir M. Hale.
Syn: Honesty; uprightness; rectitude. See {Probity}.