rightness
[ rahyt-nis ]
noun
correctness or accuracy.
propriety or fitness.
moral integrity.
Obsolete. straightness or directness.
Origin of rightness
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How to use rightness in a sentence
Modesty and self-submission, love and service are, in the right system of my beliefs, far more fundamental rightnesses and duties.
First and Last Things | H. G. Wells
British Dictionary definitions for rightness
rightness
/ (ˈraɪtnɪs) /
noun
the state or quality of being right
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