Rightness Synonyms and Antonyms

rītnis
The quality or state of being morally sound
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. good
  2. goodness
  3. morality
  4. probity
  5. rectitude
  6. righteousness
  7. uprightness
  8. virtue
  9. virtuousness
The moral quality of a course of action
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. ethic
  2. ethicality
  3. ethicalness
  4. morality
  5. propriety
  6. righteousness
  7. rightfulness
Appropriate conduct; doing the right thing
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. appropriateness
According with conscience or morality
(Noun)
Antonyms:
  1. wrongness

Words Related to Rightness

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Rightness Sentence Examples

  • And though such antinomianism has always been sternly repudiated by the moral consciousness of Christendom, it has never been forgotten that " inwardness," rightness of heart or spirit, is the preeminent characteristic of Christian goodness.

  • At the time, we felt so infallible in our rightness we grabbed the proverbial bull by the horns exposing ourselves to a wealth of trouble.

  • Rightness of purpose, preference of virtue for its own sake, suppression of vicious desires, were made essential points by the - Aristotelians, who attached the most importance to outward circumstances in their view of virtue, no less than by the Stoics, to whom all outward things were indifferent.

  • This knowledge, as Aristotle held, might be permanently precluded by vicious habits, or temporarily obliterated by passion, but if present in the mind it must produce rightness of purpose.

  • Second, we have not been provided with criteria for moral rightness.

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