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righteousness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | morality |
| Has types | honesty, honor, honorableness, honour, honourableness, impeccability, justice, justness, piety, piousness, rectitude, honestness, uprightness |
| Derivation | righteous |
Examples of righteousness
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Possibly because it would challenge the smug self-righteousness of his writings.
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Carter's failed visit to the Middle East is an expression of self-righteousness.
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It's not the self-righteousness of religious conservatives that bothers me most.
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It is time for Bruce Willis to teach you in the ways of alcoholic righteousness.
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Petrarch intended his work to be instructional for teaching moral righteousness.
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That said, it does tend toward the didactic, a bit wooden in its righteousness.
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It seems the discovery also includes hypocrisy, self-righteousness and bigotry.
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He has done it through righteousness, through decency and through farsightedness.
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The Optio A30 from Pentax is a titillating piece of digital camera righteousness.
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- Adhering to moral principles
- (righteous) characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice; "the...prayer of a righteous man availeth much"- James 5:16
- Morally justified; "righteous indignation"
- (righteously) in a righteous manner; "righteously indignant"
- 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. ...
- (Righteous (album)) Righteous is the 1994 debut release by North Carolina funk band DAG.
- The quality or state of being righteous; holiness; purity; uprightness; rectitude. Righteousness, as used in Scripture and theology, in which it chiefly occurs, is nearly equivalent to holiness, comprehending holy principles and affections of heart, and conformity of life to the divine law; A ...
- Righteous people, considered as a group; free from sin or guilt; moral and virtuous, suggesting sanctimonious; justified morally; awesome
- (Righteous) Something really great.
