Integrity

Integrity is a concept of consistency of actions, values, methods, measures, principles, expectations, and outcomes.

Barbara Killinger offers a traditional definition:

Integrity is a personal choice, an uncompromising and predictably consistent commitment to honour moral, ethical, spiritual and artistic values and principles.^[1]

In ethics, integrity is regarded^{[by whom?]} as the honesty and truthfulness or accuracy of one's actions. Integrity can stand in opposition to hypocrisy,^[2] in that judging with the standards of integrity involves regarding internal consistency as a virtue, and suggests that parties holding within themselves apparently conflicting values should account for the discrepancy or alter their beliefs.

The word "integrity" stems from the Latin adjective integer (whole, complete).^[3] In this context, integrity is the inner sense of "wholeness" deriving from qualities such as honesty and consistency of character. As such, one may judge that others "have integrity" to the extent that they act according to the values, beliefs and principles they claim to hold.

A value system's abstraction depth and range of applicable interaction may also function as significant factors in identifying integrity due to their congruence or lack of congruence with observation. A value system may evolve over time^[4]while retaining integrity if those who espouse the values account for and resolve inconsistencies.^[5]

The Word Of The Day

The Word Of The Day - Brandish 
Brandish -

• Brandishing of nuclear weapons would be?
• Brandishing a small, silver handgun.
• JIMINY SAYS Formerly Organization XIII's Number V. He once brandished a giant tomahawk, but now he has been eliminated.
• Brandishing placards bearing the slogan ' Tony, please support our breasts ' .
• But they're not brandished Soviet style; they're tucked away.
• Brandishing a large knife, he demanded cash, then escaped on the pedal bike.
• He donated money to our campaign, which we publicly brandished on all our literature along with all other donors.
• Brandished a stout spear.
• He also brandished a pair of shears, which he insisted Noble used to trim the grass underneath where she had parked.
• Brandishing a whip, insisted on chasing Geoff and myself around the dance floor.
• But his sliced half-volley flew straight at Mr A Rodda who, after regaining his equilibrium, immediatelybrandished his red card.
• Brandishing a sword of her own.
• He called Thomas over, spoke to him, and then brandished the red card.

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The Word Of The Day - Aplomb 

a·plomb

  [uh-plom, uh-pluhm]  Show IPA

noun

1.

imperturbable self-possession, poise, or assurance.

2.

the perpendicular, or vertical, position.

Origin: 
1820–30;  < French à plomb  according to the plummet, i.e., straight up and down, vertical position

Synonyms 
1. composure, equanimity, imperturbability.

Antonyms 
1. confusion, discomposure; doubt, uncertainty.

The Word Of The Day Suffrage

Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise, distinct from other rights to vote, is the right to vote gained through the democratic process. The right to run for office is sometimes called candidate eligibility, and the combination of both rights is sometimes called full suffrage.^[1] In many languages, the right to vote is called the active right to vote and the right to run for office is called the passive right to vote. In English, these are sometimes called active suffrage and passive suffrage.^[2]

Suffrage is often conceived in terms of elections for representatives. However, suffrage applies equally to initiatives and referenda. Suffrage describes not only the legal right to vote, but also the practical question of whether a question will be put to a vote. The utility of suffrage is reduced when important questions are decided unilaterally by elected or non-elected representatives.

In most democracies, eligible voters can vote in elections of representatives. Voting on issues by initiative may be available in some jurisdictions but not others. For example, while some U.S. states such as Californiaand Washington have exercised their shared sovereignty to offer citizens the opportunity to write, propose, and vote on referendums and initiatives, other states have not. Meanwhile, the United States federal governmentdoes not offer any initiatives at all. On the other hand, many countries, such as Switzerland, permit initiatives at all levels of government.

Suffrage is granted to qualifying citizens once they have reached the voting age. What constitutes a qualifying citizen depends on the government's decision, but most democracies no longer extend different rights to vote on the basis of sex or race. Resident aliens can vote in some countries, and other countries make exceptions for citizens of countries they have close links to (e.g., some members of the Commonwealth of Nations and members of the European Union).

The Word Of The Day - Ribald

The Word Of The Day - Ribald 
Ribald  - is humorous entertainment that ranges from bordering on indelicacy to gross indecency. It is also referred to as "bawdiness", "gaminess" or "bawdry".The ritual taboo-breaking that is a usual counterpart of ribaldry underlies its controversial nature and explains why ribaldry is sometimes a subject of censorship. Ribaldry, whose usual aim is not "merely" to be sexually stimulating, often does address larger concerns than mere sexual appetite. However, being presented in the form of comedy, these larger concerns may be overlooked by censors.An example of ribaldry is "De Brevitate Vitae", a song which in many European-influenced universities is both a student beer-drinking song and an anthem sung by official universitychoirs at public graduation ceremonies. The private and public versions of the song contain vastly different words.

Ribaldry is present to some degree in every culture and has likely been around for all of human history. Works like Lysistrata by Aristophanes, Menaechmi by Plautus, Cena Trimalchionis by Petronius, and The Golden Ass of Apuleius are ribald classics from ancient Europe. Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Miller's Tale" from his Canterbury Tales and The Crabfish, one of the oldest English traditional ballads, are classic examples. François Rabelais showed himself to be a master of ribaldry (technically called grotesque body) in hisGargantua. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne and The Lady's Dressing Room by Jonathan Swift. Mark Twain's long-suppressed 1601 also falls in this category.

The Word Of The Day - Recipient

The Word Of The Day - Recipient a person or thing that receives; receiver: the recipient of a prize.

adjective

2.

receiving or capable of receiving.

Origin: 
1550–60;  < Latin recipient-  (stem of recipiēns ), present participle of recipere  to receive; see -ent

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The Word Of The Day - Quash
Quash -to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue: to quash a rebellion.

2.

to make void, annul, or set aside (a law, indictment, decision, etc.).

Origin: 
1300–50; Middle English quashen  to smash, break, overcome, suppress < Old French quasser,  in part <Latin quassāre  to shake (frequentative of quatere  to shake; cf. concussion); in part < Late Latin cassāre  toannul, derivative of Latin cassus  empty, void