(n.) The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind or of character; commanding excellence; eminence.
(n.) The state of being of high rank or noble birth; patrician dignity; antiquity of family; distinction by rank, station, or title, whether inherited or conferred.
(n.) Those who are noble; the collictive body of nobles or titled persons in a stste; the aristocratic and patrician class; the peerage; as, the English nobility.
Example Sentences:
(1) The rather small amount of semen the man ejaculates suggests he is a frequent masturbator.” To my surprise, I sense there is some nobility in Gerald’s enterprise and I recall a book written by a professor who is not quite so brilliant as me, in which Victorian sexual activity was explored through the prism of voyeurism.
(2) He is at least as tribal, jingoistic, and provincial as those he condemns for those human failings, as he constantly hails the nobility of his side while demeaning those Others.
(3) It displayed, however, nobility to inhibit alpha-chymotrypsin, pepsin, papain and subtilisin BPN'.
(4) Already in 1215 itself the Charter had been translated from Latin into French, the vernacular language of the nobility.
(5) Weah embraces the familiar imagery of African nobility - the lion - and walks with a clear sense of self-worth through the smoking, potholed streets of Monrovia.
(6) Alloys are classified on the basis of 1) normal-fusing (non-porcelain bonding); and 2) high-fusing (porcelain bonding) and on nobility within these two groups.
(7) The Vatican talked of "this insult to the nobility of the hearth", and Ed Sullivan on his TV show said, "You can only trust that youngsters will not be persuaded that the sanctity of marriage has been invalidated by the appalling example of Mrs Taylor-Fisher and married man Burton."
(8) That's why, this year, it seems like a mistake to ignore the fact that the Olympics are not just a soaring tribute to the nobility of the human spirit; they are a multibillion-dollar business that thrives on a complex international system of trade for everything from merchandising to naming rights to brand partnerships.
(9) It may be clever politics to try to preserve what is left of your faux progressive credentials by picking a fight about gay marriage , but the nobility of that cause shouldn't distract from what a pup Britain has been sold.
(10) Its significance, however, lies not in the number of casualties but in the nobility of its aspirations and the power of its legacy.
(11) Dear Heather I’d love to count you as a supporter of the nobility of the European project but your opening salvo is in part straight Ukip – a bit late to backtrack now!
(12) I have never felt comfortable with over-lofty claims for the nobility or honour of our trade.
(13) There was, apparently, a storyline about movement and creation and nobility in the Amazon but Lord knows why anyone ever bothers with storylines in such things, considering (a) they are utterly incomprehensible and (b) the only reasons people really watch is to coo at the cute children (of which there were plenty) and watch people on stilts fall over (of which there were none.)
(14) The results are combined with prior findings on other commercial alloys to demonstrate the interaction of nobility and microstructure.
(15) Like its famous sister, Choquequirao seems to have been a kind of royal estate for Inca nobility, built a generation or two before the Spanish arrived.
(16) The results indicate the combinations of nobility, microstructure, and environment most likely to avoid corrosion difficulties.
(17) Every class of society was represented, from the Scottish nobility to the typesetters who worked alongside Snare in Reading and remembered his life-or-death passion for the portrait.
(18) DNA molecules with stable cruciform structures were generated by heteroduplexing this DNA fragment with mutants altered within the palindromic sequence (C. Nobile and R. G. Martin, Int.
(19) Our actions, now, will most certainly define the nobility of our lives and our legacy.
(20) Drama in Bahama: Muhammad Ali v Trevor Berbick - in pictures Read more And Ali was resigned to his fate, which gave him an endearing nobility.
Probity
Definition:
(n.) Tried virtue or integrity; approved moral excellence; honesty; rectitude; uprightness.
Example Sentences:
(1) The alleged conduct was not conduct that could adversely affect the probity of the exercise of an official function by a public official.
(2) Members of the board of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) have been ordered to declare any contact they have with its former chief executivefor two years following Tim Smith's controversial move to Tesco to ensure "proper governance and probity".
(3) The Biological Stain Commission-sponsored workshop was convened to address the following issues: a manufacturers' testing program for probity of commercial antibodies, development of a manual for performance criteria and quality control assurance procedures, standardization of package inserts, standardization of information provided in the Materials and Methods sections of publications, establishment of a reagent and procedure clearing house, study of the effects of different fixation regimes on tissue antigens, and investigation of the environmental conditions needed for antigen-antibody interaction.
(4) Douglas has always advocated new politics, probity, transparency – this is his public image.
(5) We will establish partnerships between different countries’ institutions and professions to help build a shared culture of honesty and probity.
(6) In the circumstances, you do have to marvel at that mulishly self-regarding "for any offence caused" – the classic non-apology apology typically proffered by those with a belief in their own absolute probity, which is as unshakeable as it is misplaced.
(7) This British bank has generally enjoyed a high reputation for probity (as these places go) until yesterday, when some New York regulator apparently denounced Standard as a 'rogue institution.'
(8) She has had her problems with the Tories, in particular over Boris Johnson's attempted appointment of former London Evening Standard editor Veronica Wadley to the chair of Arts Council London (a letter of Forgan's to Bradshaw, questioning the probity of the recruitment process, was leaked last year; there have been Tory mutterings that Forgan is too bound up with the Labour establishment).
(9) Looking into the Eds’ eyes, wavering voters do not spy the cutting zeal that reassures them of fiscal probity; but nor do they offer a genuine alternative to those fed up of Osborne’s botch job.
(10) If a leader can convince voters they will not back-slide in this way, then – with probity, empathy and practical balms for a country gripped by a sustained squeeze on living standards – they might still cut through.
(11) And, while the emphasis has mostly been on the probity of Mann's hockey stick, most researchers I have spoken to regard the M&M study as far more deeply flawed.
(12) "He had a complete loss of confidence when he described Jeffrey Archer as a man of probity and integrity – only for us to watch him go to jail.
(13) • Focus on technical skills as well as probity of approved persons.
(14) One energy industry analyst said the prospect of a $1bn government loan for Adani’s railway showed a lack of financier interest and raised probity questions, given public money would go to a private entity controlled by the Adani family through offshore tax havens.
(15) Manipulating the system, or indeed any unscrupulous behaviour, would have been unthinkable, Zombanakis says, because the system was based not only on the probity of men in bowler hats and pinstripe suits but on something more important still: an unwritten code of conduct inspired entirely by fair play.
(16) But I and my family - my father and my two uncles, although they've all gone now - have had an enduring reputation for probity, integrity and honesty," he added.
(17) To spread best practice, ensure probity and the equitable use of public funds, and to ensure transparency and accountability locally, we need a devolved schools system.
(18) If the party did much more of what it says on the tin, the doubts about honesty, trust and appeal would dissolve as its reputation would be enhanced by probity and authenticity.
(19) Ensuring the probity of the foreign exchange rates is “incredibly important” for the FX market and “fundamentally important” for the credibility of the Bank of England itself , Carney added.
(20) Bailey said the initiative to seek written promises of probity from editorial executives did not extend to former staff such as Morgan.