rightfulness
- 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
Secession and slavery aside, for he believed in the rightfulness of both, as we learned on arguing with him, it would be hard to find a more lovable character than Charles K. Hall.
From Lights and Shadows in Confederate Prisons A Personal Experience, 1864-5 by Sprague, Homer B. (Homer Baxter)
In proportion to the rightfulness of the commandment is the wrongfulness of disobeying it....
From The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan by White, Ellen Gould Harmon
They all believe in the moral rightfulness of independent thought, or they are guilty for propagating it.
From English Secularism A Confession Of Belief by Holyoake, George Jacob
On hearing the news, Mamun, strong in the rightfulness of his claim, retaliated by suppressing the caliph’s name in all public acts.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
