Definition of "integrity" []

• Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code. (noun)
• The state of being unimpaired; soundness. (noun)
• The quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness. (noun)

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• "Barroso says that it is only the institutions of the EU as a whole that can protect what he called the "integrity of the single market"."
• "Jensen now acknowledges this and is trying to incorporate what he calls integrity into his concept of how organizations ought to work."
• "The use of the word integrity is the highest form of irony."