RET-integrity is the structural honesty and
distortion relaxation layer of
RET (Resonant Entity Topology).
It preserves relational continuity by detecting, softening, and relaxing distortions that arise across topology layers without converting them into moral judgment, behavioral correction, or evaluative sincerity claims.
Its role is strictly structural:
- preserve topology honesty
- relax distortion accumulation
- retain reopenable relational truth
- prevent semantic hardening after rupture
RET-integrity does not define:
- moral virtue
- ethical sincerity
- behavioral discipline
- governance correction
- lexical authority
- RET-core invariants
Those responsibilities remain outside this repository.
RET-integrity is the meta-axis for distortion relaxation within RET.
It defines only the minimal vocabulary and invariants required to preserve:
- structural honesty
- semantic softness after rupture
- recoverable distortions
- non-final sincerity contours
The canonical integrity vocabulary includes:
- distortion
- relaxation
- sincerity
These terms describe topology honesty contours only.
They do not imply virtue, obedience, or moral worth.
RET-integrity/
├─ README.md
├─ INVARIANTS.md
├─ states/
│ └─ distortion-relaxation.yaml
└─ appendix/
└─ misuse-patterns.md
RET-integrity must not be interpreted as:
- ethics layer
- moral evaluation
- truth enforcement
- honesty scoring
- behavioral correction
- normative doctrine
Integrity preserves recoverable honesty of form, not personal virtue.