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integrity

noun

1. the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness

2. the state of being whole and undivided

• the condition of being unified, unimpaired, or sound in construction

• internal consistency or lack of corruption in electronic data

ORIGIN late Middle English (sense 2) : from French intégrité or Latin integritas, from integer ‘intact’ (see integer ). Compare with entirety , integral , and integrate .

 

Integrity. To have integrity we must integrate the multiple facets of ourselves: our personas, our shadows, our minds/bodies/spirits.

We cannot be whole and truly ourselves without each of these integrated…

Integrate.

What are you leaving out that’s keeping you from being whole?

integrate

verb [ trans. ]

1. combine (one thing) with another so that they become a whole

ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin integrat- ‘made whole,’ from the verb integrare, from integer ‘whole’ (see integer ). Compare with integral and integrity.





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