noun
Meaning 1
The quality or state of being righteous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
righteousness
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Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
Holiness; conformity of life to the divine law.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rectitude, uprightness, holiness, godliness, equity, justice, rightfulness, integrity, honesty, faithfulness, angelicality, angelicalness, angelicity, angelicness, decency, honor, probity, propriety, righteousness, saintlikeness, saintliness, seemlihood, seemliness, virtuousness
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A righteous act or quality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable
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noun
Meaning 4
The behaviour of someone who is righteous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
adhering to moral principles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unrighteousness
Broader terms: morality
Narrower terms: impeccability, uprightness, rectitude, piety, piousness, justice, justness, honorableness, honourableness, honor, honour, honesty, honestness
History
Etymology
From earlier rightwiseness, from Middle English rightwisnes, from Old English rihtwīsnes (“justice”), equivalent to righteous + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Mandaic: ࡆࡉࡃࡒࡀ (zidqa) — quality or state of being righteous
- Bulgarian: справедливост (spravedlivost) — quality or state of being righteous
- Chinese Mandarin: 公義 /公义 (gōngyì) — quality or state of being righteous
- Ngazidja Comorian: uâdilifu — quality or state of being righteous
- Esperanto: justeco — quality or state of being righteous
- Finnish: vanhurskaus — quality or state of being righteous
- Finnish: oikeamielisyys — quality or state of being righteous
- French: justice — quality or state of being righteous
- German: Rechtschaffenheit — quality or state of being righteous
- German: Gerechtigkeit — quality or state of being righteous
- German: Tugendhaftigkeit — quality or state of being righteous
- Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹 (garaihtei) — quality or state of being righteous
- Ancient Greek: δικαιοσύνη (dikaiosúnē) — quality or state of being righteous
- Hebrew: צדק — quality or state of being righteous
- Hungarian: tisztesség — quality or state of being righteous
- Irish: ionracas — quality or state of being righteous
- Irish: cirte — quality or state of being righteous
- Irish: fíréantacht — quality or state of being righteous
- Italian: rettitudine — quality or state of being righteous
- Kazakh: әділдік (ädıldık) — quality or state of being righteous
- Kazakh: әділеттілік (ädılettılık) — quality or state of being righteous
- Norwegian Bokmål: rettferdighet — quality or state of being righteous
- Polish: prawość — quality or state of being righteous
- Portuguese: retidão — quality or state of being righteous
- Portuguese: moralidade — quality or state of being righteous
- Russian: справедли́вость (spravedlívostʹ) — quality or state of being righteous
- Serbo-Croatian: пра̀ведно̄ст — quality or state of being righteous
- Serbo-Croatian: pràvednōst — quality or state of being righteous
- Spanish: rectitud — quality or state of being righteous
- Spanish: moralidad — quality or state of being righteous
- Spanish: honradez — quality or state of being righteous
- Swedish: rättfärdighet — quality or state of being righteous
- Tocharian B: pelaikne — quality or state of being righteous
- Finnish: vanhurskas teko — righteous act, or righteous quality
- Finnish: vanhurskaus — righteous act, or righteous quality
- Portuguese: moralidade — righteous act, or righteous quality
- Spanish: buena obra — righteous act, or righteous quality
- Spanish: rectitud — righteous act, or righteous quality
- Bulgarian: праведност (pravednost) — theology: state of being right with God
- Finnish: vanhurskaus — theology: state of being right with God
- Irish: fíréantacht — theology: state of being right with God
- Polish: prawość — theology: state of being right with God
- Polish: czystość — theology: state of being right with God
- Polish: świętość — theology: state of being right with God
- Polish: łaska — theology: state of being right with God
- Russian: пра́ведность (právednostʹ) — theology: state of being right with God
- Russian: доброде́тельность (dobrodételʹnostʹ) — theology: state of being right with God
- Spanish: gracia — theology: state of being right with God
- Spanish: santidad — theology: state of being right with God
- Spanish: beatitud — theology: state of being right with God
- Spanish: pureza — theology: state of being right with God
- Udmurt: шонерлык (šońerlyk) — theology: state of being right with God
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