rectitude
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rec·ti·tude
(rĕk'tĭ-tūd', -tyūd') 
n.
n.
- Moral uprightness; righteousness.
- The quality or condition of being correct in judgment.
- 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.Roget's Thesaurus:
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rectitude
noun
- The quality or state of being morally sound: good, goodness, morality, probity, righteousness, rightness, uprightness, virtue, virtuousness. See right/wrong.
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rectitude
IN BRIEF: The quality of being upright in principles and conduct.
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
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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