rectitude

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(rĕk'tĭ-tūd', -tyūd') pronunciation
n.
  1. Moral uprightness; righteousness.
  2. The quality or condition of being correct in judgment.
  3. The quality of being straight.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin rēctitūdō, from Latin rēctus, straight.]

rectitudinous rec'ti·tu'di·nous adj.

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Definition: righteousness
Antonyms: dishonesty, infamy

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: The quality of being upright in principles and conduct.

pronunciation The effective impact upon us of men of honor, rectitude and goodwill is to arouse kindred impulses within us. — Charles Malcolm Douglas

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Rectitude

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - retlinethed, retfærdighed, korrekthed

Nederlands (Dutch)
rechtschapenheid, oprechtheid, juistheid

Français (French)
n. - droiture

Deutsch (German)
n. - Rechtschaffenheit, Richtigkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ήθος, χρηστοήθεια, ακεραιότητα (χαρακτήρα)

Italiano (Italian)
rettitudine

Português (Portuguese)
n. - integridade (f)

Русский (Russian)
честность, прямота

Español (Spanish)
n. - rectitud, honestidad, integridad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - redbarhet, riktighet

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
正直, 正确, 公正, 笔挺

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 正直, 正確, 公正, 筆挺

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 정직, 정확, 청렴, 곧음

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 正直, 公正, 正しさ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) إستقامه, صحه الرأي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮יושר, הגינות, מוסריות‬


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