rightness

[ rahyt-nis ]
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noun
  1. correctness or accuracy.

  2. propriety or fitness.

  1. moral integrity.

  2. Obsolete. straightness or directness.

Origin of rightness

1
before 950; Middle English; Old English rihtnes.See right, -ness

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British Dictionary definitions for rightness

rightness

/ (ˈraɪtnɪs) /


noun
  1. the state or quality of being right

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