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rectitude::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | uprightness |
| Type of | righteousness |
Examples of rectitude
rectitude
Until very recently, Britain had been regarded as a pin-up for fiscal rectitude.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
There is a core of virtue in America, a nucleus of rectitude, a Righteous Region.
From the theatlantic.com
A star athlete is valued for his athletic prowess, not for his moral rectitude.
From the post-gazette.com
She had the reputation of a crank trying to scare people into moral rectitude.
From the signonsandiego.com
His rectitude was a mirror that the people in the building opposite couldn't bear.
From the guardian.co.uk
And it does so without seriously compromising Mr Gore's claim to fiscal rectitude.
From the economist.com
Hepburn, as always, is a handsome paragon of moral rectitude and common sense.
From the time.com
The stunned nation has lost something more-its cherished trust in royal rectitude.
From the time.com
This public rectitude, however, was paralleled by a private leveraging spree.
From the voxeu.org
- Uprightness: righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest
- Righteousness (also called rectitude) is an important theological concept in Judaism and Christianity. It is an attribute that implies that a person's actions are justified, and can have the connotation that the person has been "judged" or "reckoned" as leading a life that is pleasing to God. ...
- Straightness; the state or quality of having a constant direction and not being crooked or bent; Rightness of principle or practice; exact conformity to truth, or to the rules prescribed for moral conduct, either by divine or human laws; (moral) uprightness
- Correctness of behavior
- (n.), the formal, dignified demeanor assumed by a proctologist* immediately before he examines you.
- Precise angle at which a rectal thermometer should be inserted.
- (n.): uprightness of character
