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honest

adjective
  1. Having or marked by uprightness in principle and action: good, honorable, incorruptible, righteous, true, upright, upstanding. Informal: straight-shooting. Idiom: on the up-and-up (or up and up). See honest
  2. Manifesting honesty and directness, especially in speech: candid, direct, downright, forthright, frank, ingenuous, man-to-man, open, plainspoken, straight, straightforward, straight-out, unreserved. Informal: straight-from-the-shoulder, straight-shooting. See clear, show
  3. Devoid of any hypocrisy or pretense: genuine, heartfelt, hearty, natural, real, sincere, true, unaffected, unfeigned, unmannered. See true

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