sincerity

sincerity
    n 1: an earnest and sincere feeling [syn: {earnestness},
         {seriousness}, {sincerity}]
    2: the quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or
       hypocritical; "his sincerity inspired belief"; "they demanded
       some proof of my sincerity" [ant: {falseness}, {hollowness},
       {insincerity}]
    3: a quality of naturalness and simplicity; "the simple
       sincerity of folk songs" [syn: {sincerity}, {unassumingness}]
    4: the trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not
       necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice [syn:
       {seriousness}, {earnestness}, {serious-mindedness},
       {sincerity}] [ant: {frivolity}, {frivolousness}]
    

Sincerity \Sin*cer"i*ty\, n. [L. sinceritas: cf. F.
   sinc['e]rit['e].]
   The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or
   intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or
   false pretense; sincereness.
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         I protest, in the sincerity of love.     --Shak.
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         Sincerity is a duty no less plain than important.
                                                  --Knox.
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123 Moby Thesaurus words for "sincerity":
      abandon, absolute realism, ardency, ardor, artlessness,
      authenticity, bluffness, bluntness, bona fideness, broadness,
      brusqueness, candidness, candor, childlikeness, commitment,
      committedness, decidedness, decision, decisiveness, dedication,
      definiteness, determinateness, determination, determinedness,
      devotedness, devotion, devoutness, directness, earnestness, faith,
      faithfulness, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fidelity, fire,
      forthrightness, frankness, freedom, freeness, genuineness,
      guilelessness, heartiness, heat, heatedness, honesty,
      impassionedness, inartificiality, ingenuousness, innocence,
      intensity, intentness, legitimacy, lifelikeness, literalism,
      literality, literalness, loyalty, naiveness, naivete, naivety,
      naturalism, naturalness, obstinacy, openheartedness, openness,
      outspokenness, passion, passionateness, perseverance, persistence,
      photographic realism, plain dealing, plain speaking, plainness,
      plainspokenness, purpose, purposefulness, realism, realness,
      relentlessness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, resolvedness,
      roundness, self-will, seriousness, simpleheartedness,
      simplemindedness, simpleness, simplicity, single-heartedness,
      single-mindedness, singleness of heart, spirit,
      straightforwardness, tenacity, total commitment, true-to-lifeness,
      trustfulness, truth to nature, truthfulness, unadulteration,
      unaffectedness, unconstraint, unfictitiousness, unguardedness,
      unreserve, unrestraint, unsophisticatedness, unsophistication,
      unspeciousness, unspuriousness, unsuspiciousness, unsyntheticness,
      unwariness, uprightness, vehemence, verisimilitude, warmth, will,
      zeal