honest

1. (of a person or institution) Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright.Examples: "brutally honest"; "We’re the most honest people you will ever come across."; "A true and honest physician is excused for leaving his patient, when he finds the disease grown desperate"

2. (of a statement) True, especially as far as is known by the person making the statement; fair; unbiased.Examples: "an honest account of events"; "honest reporting"Synonyms: truthful

3. (of a measurement device) Accurate.Examples: "an honest scale"

4. (obsolete) Decent; honourable; suitable; becoming.Examples: "Behold what honest clothes you send forth to bleaching!"; "[…] Vpon the verge of the Riuer there are fiue houſes, wherein liue the honeſter ſort of people, as Farmers in England, and they keepe continuall centinell for the townes ſecuritie."; "[T]here are Wolf-Whelps in Palaces, and Governments, as well as in Cottages, and Forreſts. […] They go out however, as there is Occaſion, and Hunt and Growle for Company; but at the ſame time, they give the Sign out of their Maſters hand, hold Intelligence with the Enemy; and Make uſe of their Power and Credit to Worry Honeſter Men them Themſelves."obsolete

5. (obsolete) Chaste; faithful; virtuous.Examples: "Wives may be merry, and yet honest too."obsolete