Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases

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CLASS VI SECTION IV. 3. MORAL CONDITIONS


939. Probity -- N. probity, integrity, rectitude; uprightness &c adj.; honesty, faith; honor; bonne foi [Fr.] , good faith, bona fides [Lat.] ; purity, clean hands.

940. Improbity -- N. improbity † ; dishonesty, dishonor; deviation from rectitude; disgrace &c (disrepute) 874; fraud &c (deception) 545; lying &c 544; bad faith, Punic faith; mala fides [Lat.] , Punica fides [Lat.] ; infidelity; faithlessness &c adj.; Judas kiss, betrayal.

941. Knave -- N. knave, rogue; Scapin † , rascal; Lazarillo de Tormes; bad man &c 949; blackguard &c 949; barrater † , barrator † ; shyster [U.S.] .

942. Disinterestedness -- N. disinterestedness &c adj.; generosity; liberality, liberalism; altruism; benevolence &c 906; elevation, loftiness of purpose, exaltation, magnanimity; chivalry, chivalrous spirit; heroism, sublimity.

943. Selfishness -- N. selfishness &c adj.; self-love, self-indulgence, self-worship, self-interest; egotism, egoism; amour propre [Fr.] , &c (vanity) 880; nepotism.

944. Virtue -- N. virtue; virtuousness &c adj.; morality; moral rectitude; integrity &c (probity) 939; nobleness &c 873.

945. Vice -- N. vice; evil-doing, evil courses; wrongdoing; wickedness, viciousness &c adj.; iniquity, peccability † , demerit; sin, Adam † ; old Adam † , offending Adam † .

946. Innocence -- N. innocence; guiltlessness &c adj.; incorruption, impeccability.

947. Guilt -- N. guilt, guiltiness; culpability; criminality, criminousness † ; deviation from rectitude &c (improbity) 940 [Obs.]; sinfulness &c (vice) 945.

948. Good Man -- N. good man, honest man, worthy.

949. Bad Man -- N. bad man, wrongdoer, worker of iniquity; evildoer &c 913; sinner; the wicked &c 945; bad example.

950. Penitence -- N. penitence, contrition, compunction, repentance, remorse; regret &c 833.

951. Impenitence -- N. impenitence, irrepentance † , recusance † ; lack of contrition.

952. Atonement -- N. atonement, reparation; compromise, composition; compensation &c 30; quittance, quits; expiation, redemption, reclamation, conciliation, propitiation; indemnification, redress.