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rec⋅ti⋅tude
[rek-ti-tood, -tyood]
–noun
| 1. | rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue: the rectitude of her motives. |
| 2. | correctness: rectitude of judgment. |
| 3. | straightness. |
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Rectitude
Rec"ti*tude\ (r?k"t?*t?d), n. [L. rectitudo, fr. rectus right, straight: cf. F. rectitude. See Right.]1. Straightness. [R.] --Johnson. 2. Rightness of principle or practice; exact conformity to truth, or to the rules prescribed for moral conduct, either by divine or human laws; uprightness of mind; uprightness; integrity; honesty; justice. 3. Right judgment. [R.] --Sir G. C. Lewis. Syn: See Justice.
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rectitude
1432, "quality of being straight," from M.Fr. rectitude (14c.), from L.L. rectitudinem (nom. rectitudo) "straightness, uprightness," from L. rectus "straight" (see right). Sense of "upright in conduct or character" is from 1533.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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