Home › Words › H › honestnesshonestnesshonestness · noun — quality of being honest.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, honestness ranks #495 of 43,295 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Middle English honestnesse, honestnysse, honestnas, equivalent to honest + -ness.nounQuality of being honest.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).