Antonyms for rightnessright·ness

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1. rightness

   Virtue (Latin virtus, primarily manly strength or courage, from vir, a man, a hero) is, in its full sense, goodness that is victorious through trial, perhaps through temptation and conflict. Goodness, the being morally good, may be much less than virtue, as lacking the strength that comes from trial and conflict, or it may be very much more than virtue, as rising sublimely above the possibility of temptation and conflict — the infantile as contrasted with the divine goodness. Virtue is distinctively human; we do not predicate it of God. Morality is conformity to the moral law in action, whether in matters concerning ourselves or others, whether with or without right principle. Honesty and probity are used especially of one's relations to his fellow men, probity being to honesty much what virtue in some respects is to goodness; probity is honesty tried and proved, especially in those things that are beyond the reach of legal requirement; above the commercial sense, honesty may be applied to the highest truthfulness of the soul to and with itself and its Maker. Integrity, in the full sense, is moral wholeness without a flaw; when used, as it often is, of contracts and dealings, it has reference to inherent character and principle, and denotes much more than superficial or conventional honesty. Honor is a lofty honesty that scorns fraud or wrong as base and unworthy of itself. Honor rises far above thought of the motto that "honesty is the best policy." Purity is freedom from all admixture, especially of that which debases; it is chastity both of heart and life, but of the life because from the heart. Duty, the rendering of what is due to any person or in any relation, is, in this connection, the fulfilment of moral obligation. Rectitude and righteousness denote conformity to the standard of right, whether in heart or act; righteousness is used especially in the religious sense. Uprightness refers especially to conduct. Virtuousness is a quality of the soul or of action; in the latter sense it is the essence of virtuous action. Compare INNOCENT; JUSTICE; RELIGION.

   Compare synonyms for SIN.

   Antonyms:
   evil, vice, viciousness, wickedness, wrong

   Synonyms:
   chastity, duty, excellence, faithfulness, goodness, honesty, honor, integrity, justice, morality, probity, purity, rectitude, righteousness, truth, uprightness, virtue, virtuousness, worth, worthiness

Matched Categories

1. • Conformity
   • Morality
   • Propriety
   • Quality

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rightnessnoun

   according with conscience or morality

   Antonyms:
   wrongness, incorrectness

   Synonyms:
   correctness, nicety, appropriateness, justness

2. appropriateness, rightnessnoun

   appropriate conduct; doing the right thing

   Antonyms:
   incorrectness, wrongness

   Synonyms:
   correctness, appropriateness, nicety, justness

3. correctness, rightnessnoun

   conformity to fact or truth

   Antonyms:
   wrongness, incorrectness

   Synonyms:
   correctness, appropriateness, nicety, justness

4. justness, rightness, nicetynoun

   conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety

   "it was performed with justness and beauty"

   Antonyms:
   incorrectness, wrongness

   Synonyms:
   nicety, shade, justness, correctness, subtlety, justice, nuance, appropriateness, refinement

How to use rightness in a sentence?

1. Louis Caprioli:

   Djamel Beghal has a gift for being able to convince on the rightness of Djamel Beghal cause, anyone who came into contact with Djamel Beghal could not have helped but become more radicalized.

2. Archibald MacLeish:

   Once you permit those who are convinced of their own superior rightness to censor and silence and suppress those who hold contrary opinions, just at that moment the citadel has been surrendered. For the American citadel is a man. Not man in general. Not man in the abstract. Not the majority of men. But man. That man. His worth. His uniqueness.

3. Jacob G. Hornberger:

   The true patriot scrutinizes the actions of his own government with unceasing vigilance. And when his government violates the morality and rightness associated with principles of individual freedom and private property, he immediately rises in opposition to his government.

4. Robert Corn-Revere:

   It reaffirms that the rule of law governs local law enforcement officials, no matter how convinced they are of their own rightness, the sheriff's naked threat of government power did not fool the court.

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