Meaning of RIGHTNESS
| Pronunciation: | | 'rItnis
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- [n] conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety; "it was performed with justness and beauty"
- [n] conformity to fact or truth
- [n] according with conscience or morality
- [n] appropriate conduct; doing the right thing
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| | Synonyms: | | appropriateness, correctness, justness, nicety |
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| | Antonyms: | | inappropriateness, incorrectness, wrongness | | |
| | See Also: | | conformance, conformity, correctitude, morality, properness, propriety, quality | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Right"ness\, n. [AS. rihtnes.]
Straightness; as, the rightness of a line. --Bacon.
2. The quality or state of being right; right relation.
The craving for rightness with God. --J. C.
Shairp.
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