RIGHTNESS

justness, rightness, nicety

(noun) conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety; “it was performed with justness and beauty”

correctness, rightness

(noun) conformity to fact or truth

rightness

(noun) according with conscience or morality

appropriateness, rightness

(noun) appropriate conduct; doing the right thing

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

rightness (usually uncountable, plural rightnesses)

(uncountable) The characteristic of being right; correctness.

(countable) The result or product of being right; something correct.

The property of being on, or moving toward, the right.

Source: Wiktionary


Right"ness, n. Etym: [AS. richtnes.] .

Definition: Straightness; as, the rightness of a line. Bacon.

2. The quality or state of being right; right relation. The craving for rightness with God. J. C. Shairp.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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APPROXIMATE

(adjective) not quite exact or correct; “the approximate time was 10 o’clock”; “a rough guess”; “a ballpark estimate”


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