probity

Definitions

prob here goes back past 'test' to its source probus ('upright, good') + -ity (quality) = the quality of being upright. Probity skips the testing sense almost entirely: it names the proven soundness of a person's character, hence its home in formal talk of public office and finance.

Common Collocations

• 1.financial probity财务廉洁
• 2.personal probity个人品行端正
• 3.probity in public life公共生活中的廉洁自律
• 4.unquestioned probity无可置疑的正直

Example Sentences

• 1.

  A judge must be a person of unquestioned probity.

• 2.

  The audit confirmed the financial probity of the charity.