Entry Word: upright

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue <an honest and upright people> — see good 2
2 following the accepted rules of moral conduct <informing the clerk that he had just given me back too much in change was the only upright thing to do> — see honorable 1
3 rising straight up <only one pillar of the ruined temple remained upright> — see erect