Probity is complete honesty and uprightness. Financial probity, unquestioned probity, a man of probity.
It is the formal word in public life for being trustworthy with money and power, and probity in public office is a named standard. It is a relative of prove and probe, all from the Latin for good.
1nounprobityComplete honesty and uprightness.
“The judge was known for her probity and had never accepted a single gift.”
probity is an honesty.
Latin probitas comes from probus, good or honest.
Latin
probitās — uprightness, honesty
Middle French
probité
English, today
probity
Built from
From Middle French probité, from Latin probitās (“uprightness, honesty”), from probus (“good, excellent, honest”); see probe, prove.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA