righteousness
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| —adj | |
| 1. | a. characterized by, proceeding from, or in accordance with accepted standards of morality, justice, or uprightness; virtuous: a righteous man |
| b. (as collective noun; preceded by the): the righteous | |
| 2. | morally justifiable or right, esp from one's own point of view: righteous indignation |
| [Old English rīhtwīs, from | |
| 'righteously | |
| —adv | |
| 'righteousness | |
| —n | |
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Righteousness
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Example sentences
The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.
She had a stubborn streak of pride and righteousness.
Her books unshackle us, toppling the statues of the pompous, demolishing the temples and commissariats of righteousness.
Evil is not something, it is a lack of righteousness.
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