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noun
The characteristic of being right; correctness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: error, wrongness
noun
The result or product of being right; something correct.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The property of being on, or moving toward, the right.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: leftness
noun
conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: justness, nicety
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: conformity, conformance
noun
conformity to fact or truth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: correctness
Antonyms: wrongness
Broader terms: quality
noun
according with conscience or morality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: wrongness
Broader terms: morality
noun
appropriate conduct; doing the right thing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: appropriateness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: propriety, properness, correctitude
History
From Middle English rightnesse, riȝtnesse, rihtnesse, from Old English rihtnes, rehtnis, from Proto-West Germanic *rehtanassī (“rightness, justice”), equivalent to right + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian rjochtens (“rightness”), Middle Dutch rechtenesse (“rightness, justification”), Old High German rehtnissa (“justice”).
