Having a sense of honor; having honorable feelings, motives, or principles; free from deceit or hypocrisy; true, candid, upright, or just in speech and action; fair in dealing, or sincere in utterance; worthy to be trusted.Specifically— Having the virtue of chastity; chaste; virtuous: said of a woman.Having no disposition to cheat, steal, or lie.Characterized by or proceeding from honorable motives or principles; marked by truth, justice, sincerity, fairness, etc.: as, an honest transaction; honest opinions or motives; an honest effort.Of honorable quality; creditable; reputable; proper; becoming: as, a man of honest report.Excellent in quality; good.Of honorable appearance; fair-seeming; having the semblance of truthfulness, fairness, etc.Open; undisguised; boldly or frankly showing purpose, character, or quality, whether good or bad: as, the honest pursuit of pleasure or gain; an honest rogue.Synonyms and Conscientious, trust-worthy, trusty, frank.To do honor to; grace; adorn.