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rightness
[
rahyt
-nis
]
right·ness
/
ˈraɪt
nɪs
/
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[
rahyt
-nis
]
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noun
1.
correctness or accuracy.
2.
propriety or fitness.
3.
moral integrity.
4.
Obsolete
.
straightness or directness.
Origin:
before 950;
Middle English;
Old English
rihtnes.
See
right
,
-ness
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rightness
(ˈraɪtnɪs)
—
n
the state or quality of being right
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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