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The radical practice of letting your words match reality, even when fiction pays better.
means Telling the truth, dealing fairly, and not hiding what you actually think or did.
from From Latin honestus, meaning honorable or respectable — true-telling was once a matter of social rank, not just morals.
Word for faceOnce meant outwardly respectable, not inwardly truthful.
Hedge phraseTo be honest often precedes a lie.
Costly signalHonesty is trusted because it can hurt to say.