Rightness

noun

noun ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The characteristic of being right; correctness. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety wordnet
  3. 3
    The result or product of being right; something correct. countable, usually
  4. 4
    conformity to fact or truth wordnet
  5. 5
    The property of being on, or moving toward, the right. uncountable, usually

    "I think we are inclined to think the leftness and rightness can be represented because there is a word in our language that means left, and another that means right, and we understand those words."

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  1. 6
    according with conscience or morality wordnet
  2. 7
    appropriate conduct; doing the right thing wordnet

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accuracycorrectnessexactnessabsolutenessadvantageappropriateness

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"Rightness of limitation is essential for growth of reality."

Etymology

From Middle English rightnesse, riȝtnesse, rihtnesse, from Old English rihtnes, rehtnis, from Proto-West Germanic *rehtanassī (“rightness, justice”), equivalent to right + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian rjochtens (“rightness”), Middle Dutch rechtenesse (“rightness, justification”), Old High German rehtnissa (“justice”).

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