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Noun: dishonesty  dis'ó-nis-tee
  1. The quality of being dishonest
     
  2. Lack of honesty; acts of lying, cheating or stealing
    - knavery

Derived forms: dishonesties

Type of: actus reus, misconduct, unrighteousness, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct

Antonym: honestness

Encyclopedia: Dishonesty