ˈprōbəd.ē, -ətē, -i also -räb- noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle French probité, from Latin probitat-, probitas, from probus honest, upright, virtuous + -itat-, -itas -ity — more at prove
: uncompromising adherence to the highest principles and ideals : unimpeachable integrity : uprightness , rectitude
a man of indisputable probity — A.T.Quiller-Couch
probity in domestic policy and wise judgment in foreign policy — A.E.Stevenson †1965
accepted standards of sound scholarship and intellectual probity — H.N.Fairchild