Winston Churchill once said,

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Winston Churchill once said, "Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened." Everyone has in mind that honesty is being truthful in everything. Honesty is the most important thing a person should possess. He should adhere to till his death. Then People will respect one and the feelings of that are priceless. An honest person is the richest person in the world. He does not have to worry about anything or lie because the truth is the truth.

The dictionary defines honesty as "moral uprightness: the quality, condition, or characteristic of being fair, just, truthful, and morally upright. Truth has a positive connotation including moral, justice, and integrity. Honesty may seem similar to being well mannered but well mannered doesn't have to be honest. He could not be honest and just manipulating the truth. Some negative definitions of honesty are honesty is not disgrace. This interprets that an honest person does not do shameful thing. Honesty is not dishonoring. An honest person respects others. Another meaning of honesty is in this context, "In all honesty, I really didn't know." It reflects truthfulness, candor, or sincerity.

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Honesty is classified as a noun in part of speech. Honesty has many similar meanings; such as uprightness, morality, trustworthiness, goodness, scrupulousness, decency, rectitude, righteousness, fairness, reliability and honor. These synonyms are all equal to truth.  The meaning of honesty in this essay is applied about truth. An example of is could be that Jen is an honest person in the world, she never lies, respects others, and when she is tempted to cheat on her test, she overcomes with her power of honesty. This fits the definition about truthfulness in everything.  

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