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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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