rectitude

[ rek-ti-tood, -tyood ]
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noun
  1. rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue: the rectitude of her motives.

  2. correctness: rectitude of judgment.

Origin of rectitude

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First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Middle French rectitude, “honesty,” from Late Latin rēctitūdin- (stem of rēctitūdō “straightness, upright posture, honesty, justice”), equivalent to Latin rēct(us) right + -tūdin--tude

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rectitude

/ (ˈrɛktɪˌtjuːd) /


noun
  1. moral or religious correctness

  2. correctness of judgment

Origin of rectitude

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C15: from Late Latin rectitūdō, from Latin rectus right, straight, from regere to rule

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