Honesty vs Fraud - What's the difference?
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honor, decency, propriety.
Chastity.
(label) The act, quality, or condition of being honest
(label) Any of various crucifers in the genus , several of which are grown as ornamentals.
Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.
* Alexander Pope
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A person who performs any such trick.
(obsolete) A trap or snare.
* Milton
As nouns the difference between honesty and fraud
is that honesty is honor, decency, propriety while fraud is any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.As a verb fraud is
(obsolete) to defraud.honesty
English
(wikipedia honesty) (Lunaria) (Lunaria)Noun
Antonyms
* dishonestyDerived terms
* honesty is the best policy * maiden's honesty ()References
*fraud
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Noun
(en noun)- If success a lover's toil attends, / Few ask, if fraud or force attained his ends.
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- to draw the proud King Ahab into fraud