Definition for Probity
From Biology Forums Dictionary
Meaning
Absolute honesty and uprightness.
Sentence
Her unquestioned probity helped win her the respect of her fellow judges.
Commentary
Probity is a quality the American public generally hops for in elected officials but doesn't always get. Bankers, for example, have traditionally been careful to project an air of probity; the savings-and-loan scandal of the 1980s as made it even more necessary. An aura of probity surrounds such public figures as Walter Cronkite and Bill Moyers, men to whom many Americans would entrust their children and their finances.