rightful
adjective
having a valid or just claim, as to some property or position; legitimate.
rightfulness
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a word derived from
rightful.
Example Sentences
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It has to do with determination and the rightfulness and truthfulness of ideas.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2011
The rightfulness of his claim was, however, a matter of little consequence, except so far as the moral influence of it aided him in gaining possession.
From William the Conqueror Makers of History by Jacob Abbott
Does any sane person hold a baby, up to three years old, and often, indeed, much later, responsible for the state of its temper, or for the rightfulness of its action?
From Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School by Elizabeth P. (Palmer) Peabody
The rightfulness of such expenditures upon the credit of the government depends upon the object to be secured.
From Rural Health and Welfare by George Thompson Fairchild
There is no security for the permanence of public effort, save in the clear conviction of its intrinsic rightfulness and conduciveness to the public good.
From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) by George Jacob Holyoake
