RECTITUDE Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

rectitude

noun

ˈrek-tə-ˌtüd

as in morality

conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong encouraged the graduates to go on to live lives of unimpeachable rectitude and integrity

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as in integrity

faithfulness to high moral standards has a finely honed sense of rectitude that keeps him from cheating on exams

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Recent Examples of rectitude Chairman Atkins noted that the SEC’s enforcement program is an exercise of government power that must be tempered by fair process, good judgement, integrity, and rectitude. —

Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025 And not unlike that earlier film, this one takes its tale of debauchery and rectitude and reconciles everything with a fiery third act. —

Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025 The subtler truth is that a similar kind of minimalist rectitude is what has governed the best of the older monuments in the nation’s capital. —

Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025 Indeed, comprehensive independent police auditing would help ensure, not harm, the rectitude of police investigations. —

Mercury News Editorial, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rectitude

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Experts in the tech industry, academia and Catholic morality said the document will likely become a benchmark in the debate over AI, a point of reference for policymakers, researchers and ordinary folk alike.

— Nicole Winfield, Fortune, 25 May 2026
In his first encyclical, Pope Leo XIV put forth a defense of human dignity in the era of AI, delivering a far-ranging treatise on the morality of technology that included a dramatic plea for guardrails to ensure that artificial intelligence eases — rather than exacerbates — inequality and poverty.

— Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 25 May 2026