UPRIGHTNESS

uprightness, rectitude

(noun) righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest

verticality, verticalness, erectness, uprightness

(noun) position at right angles to the horizon

erectness, uprightness

(noun) the property of being upright in posture

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

uprightness (countable and uncountable, plural uprightnesses)

(uncountable) The state of being moral, honest and honourable.

(uncountable) The state of being erect, or vertical.

(countable) The result or product of being upright.

Source: Wiktionary


Up"right`ness, n.

Definition: the quality or state of being upright.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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