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
To be scrupulous is to be solicitous as to the rightfulness of a thing proposed to be done.
From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) by George Jacob Holyoake
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
Nothing was too sacred for her to question, as to its rightfulness in principle and practice.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Mr. Berrien of Georgia made an exhaustive speech, inquiring into the rightfulness of title, and urged the line of 49°.
From Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by James Gillespie Blaine
