Righteous

//ˈɹaɪt͡ʃəs// adj, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Free from sin or guilt.

    "The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bolde as a lyon."

  2. 2
    Moral and virtuous, perhaps to the point of sanctimony.

    "Human beings should take a righteous path, and so should art. We should promote kindness and beauty through art."

  3. 3
    Justified morally.

    "righteous indignation"

  4. 4
    Awesome; great. US, slang

    "The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude."

  5. 5
    Major; large; significant. US, slang

    "He found Richard in one piece near a large circular container, thankfully, staring at a righteous mess of blood and gore."

Adjective
  1. 1
    morally justified wordnet
  2. 2
    characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To make righteous; specifically, to justify religiously, to absolve from sin.

    "Thus for the purposes of being ‘righteoused’, the Law was irrelevant; yet Paul could not bear to see all the Law disappear."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From earlier rightuous, rightwose, rightwos, rightwise, from Middle English rightwise, rightwis, from Old English rihtwīs (“righteous, just”), corresponding to right + -wise (with assimilation of second element to -ous), or to right + wise (“way, manner”). Cognate with Scots richtwis (“righteous”), Old High German rehtwīsic (“righteous, just”), Icelandic réttvíss (“righteous, just”). Compare also thefteous, mighteous.

Etymology 2

From earlier rightuous, rightwose, rightwos, rightwise, from Middle English rightwise, rightwis, from Old English rihtwīs (“righteous, just”), corresponding to right + -wise (with assimilation of second element to -ous), or to right + wise (“way, manner”). Cognate with Scots richtwis (“righteous”), Old High German rehtwīsic (“righteous, just”), Icelandic réttvíss (“righteous, just”). Compare also thefteous, mighteous.

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