1
as in morality
conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong
the laws do not always dictate righteousness, for what is legal is not always moral
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as in integrity
faithfulness to high moral standards
a life lived with righteousness guarantees that you will always respect yourself
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Recent Examples of righteousness
It is believed that a person who dies on this holy day is viewed as a tzaddik, a person of exceptional righteousness.
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Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
His specialty is now the heedless hero whose certainty about his righteousness drives him to extremes.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Daniel finally gets the full scope of their antagonism, which means their burden is now to convince him of their righteousness.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Early birds have long basked in the glory of health superiority, sometimes even tinged with a hit of moral righteousness.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 4 Sep. 2025
Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
His specialty is now the heedless hero whose certainty about his righteousness drives him to extremes.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Daniel finally gets the full scope of their antagonism, which means their burden is now to convince him of their righteousness.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Early birds have long basked in the glory of health superiority, sometimes even tinged with a hit of moral righteousness.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for righteousness
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Spare us the lesson in morality on peace if your goal is escalation.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Shakur being remembered as a pillar of morality, beauty, and justice that was still, at the end of the day, human with her own emotions, and beauty routines, makes her impact everlastingly powerful.—
Essence,
Essence,
26 Sep. 2025
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Every question written by him, every edit handled with care, every detail rooted in integrity.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
30 Sep. 2025
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Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism.—
Ella McCarthy,
Arkansas Online,
30 Sep. 2025
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Growing longer, healthier hair takes a lot of patience—a virtue that clashes with social media’s instant gratification itch.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
2 Oct. 2025
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In his mind, the army was not a caste apart but an instrument of the republic – an arena in which self-command and civic virtue were tested.—
Maurizio Valsania,
The Conversation,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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What if leadership looked less like certainty — and more like honesty?—
Rochelle Ratkaj,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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Over nearly three decades, Baumbach has built a career chronicling families in crisis and artists at the crossroads, his films combining biting wit with an unflinching emotional honesty.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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There are few people in human history whose last names alone are sufficient to conjure up kindness, goodness, wisdom, grace—Mandela, Gandhi, King, Lincoln.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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Any starchy side to soak up all the goodness!—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
1 Oct. 2025
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Nonetheless, commonplace platitudes about honor and bravery take precedence over the feminist undertones Wyatt may aspire to.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
2 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, state lawmakers in Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and Illinois moved to establish state holidays in Kirk’s honor, while proposals in Arizona and Florida would rename highways after him.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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By war’s end he was not only convinced of the moral rightness of Black suffrage and civil rights, but of their essential necessity and urgency.—
Jack Sheehan
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Righteousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/righteousness. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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