honest
An expression used to emphasize the veracity of one's statement. I swear it wasn't me who broke the lamp, honest! OK, yes, we knew they were planning to pull some prank, but we had nothing to do with it, Mom. Honest! I didn't take the last cookie, honest! It was Freddie!
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