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Webster 1913 Edition
Rightness
Right′ness
,Noun.
[AS.
rihtnes
.] Straightness;
as, the
. rightness
of a lineBacon.
2.
The quality or state of being right; right relation.
The craving for
rightness
with God. J. C. Shairp.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rightness
RIGHTNESS
,Noun.
1.
Correctness; conformity to truth or to the divine will, which is the standard of moral rectitude. It is important that a man should have such persuasion of the rightness of his conscience as to exclude rational doubt.2.
Straightness; as the rightness of a line.Definition 2024
rightness
rightness
English
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.
- 1996, Robert Cummins, Representations, Targets, and Attitudes (page 105)
- I think we are inclined to think the leftness and rightness can be represented because there is a word in our language that means left, and another that means right, and we understand those words.
- 1996, Robert Cummins, Representations, Targets, and Attitudes (page 105)