rightfulness

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being rightful; accordance with right and justice.

Moral rectitude; righteousness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

right due justice authority principle fair legitimate integrity morality ethics legitimacy equity goodness ethic honesty
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Antonyms

wrongfulness badness crime evil wrong corruption
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Hypernyms

justice justness

Examples

Rightfulness hath two fair properties: it is right and it is full. Julian of Norwich

Here I saw verily that sin is no deed: for in all this was not sin shewed. And I would no longer marvel in this, but beheld our Lord, what He would shew. And thus, as much as it might be for the time, the rightfulness of God's working was shewed to the soul. Julian of Norwich

he feels he is in the right Source: Internet

the rightfulness of his claim Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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