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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary:

Right·ful·ness

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n.

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

2. Moral rectitude; righteousness. [Obs.] Wyclif.

We fail of perfect rightfulness.
Sir P. Sidney.
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noun

    The moral quality of a course of action: ethic (used in plural), ethicality, ethicalness, morality, propriety, righteousness, rightness. See right/wrong.

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