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  • 101ingenuity — [ˌɪndʒɪ nju:ɪti] noun the quality of being ingenious. Origin C16: from L. ingenuitas ingenuousness , from ingenuus inborn ; the current meaning arose by confusion of ingenuous with ingenious …

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  • 102ingenuous — [ɪn dʒɛnjʊəs] adjective innocent and unsuspecting. Derivatives ingenuously adverb ingenuousness noun Origin C16 (orig. in sense noble, generous ): from L. ingenuus lit. native, inborn …

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  • 103honesty — n. 1. Integrity, probity, uprightness, fairness, justice, equity, trustiness, fidelity, faithfulness, honor, freedom from fraud. 2. Truthfulness, truth, veracity, observance of one s word. 3. Genuineness, thoroughness, faithfulness. 4. Honor,… …

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  • 104naïveté — n. [Fr.] Artlessness, ingenuousness, naturalness, simplicity, native candor, unaffected plainness …

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  • 105openness — n. 1. Clearness. 2. Unreservedness, plainness. 3. Frankness, candor, honesty, ingenuousness. 4. Mildness, pleasantness, fair weather …

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  • 106plain-dealing — n. Honesty, sincerity, frankness, candor, ingenuousness, openness, truthfulness, plainness, straightforwardness, bluntness …

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  • 107sincerity — n. Honesty, ingenuousness, candor, frankness, artlessness, guilelessness, probity, veracity, truth, truthfulness, genuineness, earnestness …

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  • 108singleness — n. 1. Unity, individuality. 2. Purity, simplicity. 3. Sincerity, integrity, uprightness, ingenuousness. 4. Celibacy, single blessedness …

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  • 109truth — n. 1. Fact, reality, verity. 2. Conformity to fact or reality. 3. Principle, law, canon. 4. Veracity, truthfulness. 5. Honesty, sincerity, integrity, frankness, ingenuousness, candor, probity, fidelity, honor, virtue. 6. Faithfulness, fidelity,… …

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  • 110unconsciousness — n. 1. Insensibility, senselessness. 2. Ignorance. 3. Artlessness, ingenuousness, absence of consciousness, simplicity …

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