in one’s teeth; cast the first stone at.
     have a rod in pickle for, keep a rod in pickle for; have a crow to
pluck with.
     trump up a charge. 
     Adj. accusing &c.v.; accusatory, accusative; imputative, denunciatory;
recriminatory, criminatory[obs3].
     accused &c.v.; suspected; under suspicion, under a cloud, under
surveillance; in custody, in detention; in the lockup, in the watch house, in the house of detention.
     accusable, imputable; indefensible, inexcusable; unpardonable,
unjustifiable; vicious &c. 845. 
     Int. look at home; tu quoque &c. (retaliation) 718[Lat]. 
     Phr. “the breath of accusation kills an innocent name” [Shelley];
“thou can’st not say I did it” [Macbeth].

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     #939.  Probity. —­ N. probity, integrity, rectitude; uprightness &c.
adj.; honesty, faith; honor; bonne foi[Fr], good faith, bona fides[Lat]; purity, clean hands.
     fairness &c. adj.; fair play, justice, equity, impartiality,
principle, even-handedness; grace.
     constancy; faithfulness &c. adj.; fidelity, loyalty; incorruption,
incorruptibility.
     trustworthiness &c. adj.; truth, candor, singleness of heart; veracity
&c. 543; tender conscience &c. (sense of duty) 926.
     punctilio, delicacy, nicety; scrupulosity, scrupulousness &c. adj.;
scruple; point, point of honor; punctuality.
     dignity &c, (repute) 873; respectability, respectableness &c. adj;
gentilhomme[Fr], gentleman; man of honor, man of his word; fidus Achates[Lat][obs3], preux chevalier[Fr], galantuomo[It]; truepenny[obs3], trump, brick; true Briton; white man * [U.S.].
     court of honor, a fair field and no favor; argumentum ad
verecundiam[Lat]. 
     V. be honorable &c. adj.; deal honorably, deal squarely, deal
impartially, deal fairly; speak the truth &c. (veracity) 543; draw a straight furrow; tell the truth and shame the Devil, vitam impendere vero[Lat]; show a proper spirit, make a point of; do one’s duty &c. (virtue) 944.
     redeem one’s pledge &c. 926; keep one’s promise, be as good as one’s
promise, be as good as one’s word; keep faith with, not fail.
     give and take, audire alteram partem[Lat], give the Devil his due, put
the saddle on the right horse.
     redound to one’s honor. 
     Adj. upright; honest, honest as daylight; veracious &c. 543; virtuous
&c. 944; honorable; fair, right, just, equitable, impartial, evenhanded, square; fair and aboveboard, open and aboveboard; white * [U.S.].
     constant, constant as the northern star; faithful, loyal, staunch;
true, true blue, true to one’s colors, true to the core, true as the needle to the pole; “marble-constant” [Antony and Cleopatra]; true-hearted, trusty, trustworthy; as good as one’s word, to be depended on, incorruptible.
     straightforward &c. (ingenuous) 703; frank, candid, open-hearted.