'However' situations don’t always call for brutal honesty. If a friend has bad breath, there is no reason to embarrass her with the truth by telling her she has bad breath. Situations like this, when the truth can hurt someone’s feelings, call for prudence.
A white lie, said at this point to avoid hurting the friend's feelings, would not be in the best interests of the friend. The best way to deal with this situation would be to play down the brutality of the truth. Instead of outright saying, hey your breath smells awful, one could instead say “hey nothing a little mint won’t cure”.
The truth, however hard to say, must be adhered to always. In the long run, it is the best policy. Over a period of time, one will gain a reputation for being honest. And this will prove to be the building block of success. An honest person will be sought for his opinion. An honest man will always receive more responsibility at home and at work.
One must remember always that, “To err is human and to forgive divine”. So when you have erred, coming clean is the only option. You may be punished for it, you might have to bear the consequences of it, but if you are honest you will earn the forgiveness and respect of those around you. Honesty is undoubtedly the best policy.
Honesty implies a refusal to lie, steal, or deceive in any way. Honor suggests an active or anxious regard for the standards of one's profession, calling, or position. Integrity implies trustworthiness and incorruptibility to a degree that one is incapable of being false to a trust, responsibility, or pledge.
Other forms: honester; honestest
The adjective honest is perfect for describing someone who tells the truth. If you're always honest, it means you're truthful and sincere no matter what.
Honest comes from the Latin word honest us, which means "honorable or respected," and around 1300, honest was popularly used to mean "respectable and of neat appearance." We don't use it these days to describe the way someone dresses, but instead how truthful they are, and sometimes to emphasize how simple and straightforward something is, like "good, honest home-cooked food."
Definitions of honest
adjective marked by truth
“gave honest answers”
“honest reporting”
Synonyms:
true, truthful
expressing or given to expressing the truth
adjective gained or earned without cheating or stealing
“an honest wage”
synonyms:fair
equitable, just
fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience
adjective not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
“honest lawyers”
“honest reporting”
synonyms:honorable
direct
straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
ECHO, genuine
not fake or counterfeit
downright
characterized by plain blunt honesty
honorable, honorable
worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect
artless, ingenuous
characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
sincere
open and genuine; not deceitful
square, straight
characterized by honesty and fairness
true
consistent with fact or reality; not false
trustworthy, trusty
worthy of trust or belief
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adjective not forged
synonyms:good
ECHO, genuine
not fake or counterfeit
adjective without dissimulation; frank
“my honest opinion”
Synonyms:
sincere
open and genuine; not deceitful
adjective without pretensions
“worked at an honest trade”
“good honest food”
Synonyms:
unpretentious
lacking pretension or affectation
adjective worthy of being depended on
“an honest working stiff”
synonyms:dependable, reliable, true
trustworthy, trusty
worthy of trust or belief
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