Farai Chideya talks with John Morse, president and publisher of Merriam-Webster, about the top 10 words users looked up on the company's online dictionary this year. They included "integrity," ...

Almost everyone has used the word "integrity," but many people do not understand what it means. Most people understand it to be synonymous with "honesty," but integrity actually means more than ...

Roger took his car to be repaired. The service manager promised that it would be ready that afternoon. When it took several more days, Roger wasn’t surprised at all. Janice cast her vote for a ...

Picture this: you open your latest email from a Princeton account, and you see a fellow student has chosen to address your entire residential college. The topic, this time, is academic standards; the ...

Like the word "trust," which means different things to different people in different situations, so it is with the word "integrity." When we use the word integrity, typically we mean our own or ...

In a year filled with political wrangling, natural disasters and pop culture curiosities, Americans turned to Merriam-Webster to help define it all. Filibuster. Refugee. Tsunami. Each was among the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Different dictionaries select "words of the year." Dictionary.com selected the word "complicit." The other word that comes to mind when I think about "being complicit" is "integrity." I believe the ...