Scare female away, being honest (5)
I believe the answer is:
right
'honest' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'scare female away' is the wordplay.
'scare' becomes 'fright' ('fright' can be a synonym of 'scare').
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'away' is a deletion indicator.
'fright' with 'f' taken away is 'RIGHT'.
'being' is the link.
(Other definitions for right that I've seen before include "The Tory side" , "Complete" , "Morally good, justifiable or acceptable" , "Punch" , "Privy Councillors are so honourable" .)