15 example sentences using probity.
Probity used in a sentence
Probity in a sentence as a noun
No, the probity of those around you is relevant.
So…the folks who want to increase the power of the State doubt the probity of the officers of the State?
Both Microsoft and Russia are known for probity, respect for the law, and supporting the little guy.
A secure channel need not tell me anything about the probity of the other participant.
We had an extraordinary power and we didn’t really have the moral probity or sophistication to deal with it.
Not to mention even saying the word probity in a sentence targeted at US politicians falls flat on the face of history.
Software is ubiquitous nowadays, and most appliances use closed source software of unknown quality and probity.
The impeachment has legal basis on administrative improbity.
But intelligence is no guarantee of probity, and by the time of the opium war 25% of the Chinese GDP was being collected in taxes... but only a fifth of that was going into government coffers.
But the Singaporeans I know - particularly those in government, who are extremely idealistic about probity - make me think that the second is a possibility.
"From fictional characters in his The Pale King:True heroism is minutes, hours, weeks, year upon year of the quiet, precise, judicious exercise of probity and carewith no one there to see or cheer.
In the USA both medicine and college are inflated because between the taxes collected and the end user there are [insert conspiracy theory here] actors of questionable probity.
It dismisses the unhelpful rhetoric about financial probity which has come to dominate debates over Greek debt and which has obscured the real structural problems faced by a federal state which has monetary but not yet political union.
Anyone arguing for the death penalty on the grounds of financial probity is so morally and intellectually bankrupt that it is fairly safe to disregard their opinion on this subject entirely and to consider their opinions on all others to be at best deeply suspect.
Please explain why public spending for public benefit counts as "moral hazard", while public spending on bank bailouts, corporate welfare, and the opportunity costs of chimerical QE lending is a moral necessity?Or why the IMF is perfectly happy to lend money it will never recover to the bankrupt Ukraine, but considers Greece to be beyond the pale?Or why Germany - which has actually had more debt forgiven than any other country in Europe - has somehow managed to persuade everyone that it's a unique model of fiscal probity?
Probity definitions
complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles; "in a world where financial probity may not be widespread"; "he enjoys an exaggerated reputation for probity"