rightness
Americannoun
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correctness or accuracy.
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propriety or fitness.
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moral integrity.
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Obsolete. straightness or directness.
noun
Etymology
Origin of rightness
before 950; Middle English; Old English rihtnes. See right, -ness
Example Sentences
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The simile is arresting: modern European proponents of welfare-state liberalism likened to a dying class of 19th-century hereditary nobles, confident in their rightness and desperate to rest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
The second cost of diversity derives from how employees of color perceive the rightness of their employer’s actions, otherwise known as legitimacy.
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2025
By giving Haddix, who is convinced of the rightness of her feelings and the righteousness of her cause, space to talk, Goode does at least allow her some dimension.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2024
“A good producer,” he writes “can smell nuance from a hundred yards…he knows when you’re starting to question the basic rightness of your case. That’s when he begins his pep talk. ‘
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2023
A feeling of rightness settles into my bones, like slipping into a warm bath.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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