RECTITUDES

Noun

rectitudes

plural of rectitude

Anagrams

• certitudes

Source: Wiktionary


RECTITUDE

Rec"ti*tude (rk"t*td), n. Etym: [L. rectitudo, fr. rectus right, straight: cf. F. rectitude. See Right.]

1. Straightness. [R.] Johnson.

2. Rightness of principle or practice; exact conformity to truth, or to the rules prescribed for moral conduct, either by divine or human laws; uprightness of mind; uprightness; integrity; honesty; justice.

3. Right judgment. [R.] Sir G. C. Lewis.

Syn.

– See Justice.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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