Synonyms of righteousness

righteousness

noun

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• morality
• virtue
• integrity
• goodness
• honesty
• rightness
• character
• uprightness
• ethics
• morals
• rectitude
• honor
• virtuousness
• probity
• decency
• incorruptibility
• fitness
• appropriateness
• correctness
• etiquette
• decorum
• right-mindedness
• scrupulousness
• high-mindedness
• propriety
• scrupulosity
• irreproachability
• seemliness
• irreproachableness
• decorousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• evil
• wickedness
• sin
• iniquity
• immorality
• badness
• villainy
• evildoing
• sinfulness
• degradation
• perversion
• indecency
• impropriety
• depravity
• indiscretion
• indecorum
• degeneracy
• dishonesty
• debauchery
• crookedness
• unscrupulousness
• vileness
• corruption
• meanness
• viciousness
• lowness
• pervertedness
• underhandedness

2

as in integrity

faithfulness to high moral standards

a life lived with righteousness guarantees that you will always respect yourself

Synonyms & Similar Words

• integrity
• honesty
• honor
• morality
• virtue
• uprightness
• justice
• rectitude
• probity
• respectability
• nobility
• blamelessness
• fairness
• reputability
• incorruptibility
• conscientiousness
• virtuousness
• scrupulousness
• decency
• character
• right-mindedness
• high-mindedness
• irreproachability
• irreproachableness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dishonor
• baseness
• degradation
• corruption
• perversion
• dissipation
• lowness
• depravity
• unrighteousness
• disgrace
• venality
• degeneracy
• decadence
• shamelessness
• dissoluteness
• profligacy
• immorality
• criminality
• debasement
• corruptibility
• looseness
• corruptness
• dishonesty
• debauchery
• crookedness
• blameworthiness
• wickedness
• unscrupulousness
• sinfulness
• rascality
• pervertedness
• disgracefulness
• disreputableness
• knavery
• villainy
• vileness
• wretchedness
• meanness
• dissipatedness
• rottenness
• roguishness
• reprehensibleness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of righteousness

Except her version of fun involves vengeance, sly righteousness and the exposure of humanity’s darker tendencies. — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

What tendrils of righteousness, revenge, crime, and punishment tie these people together? — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026

The story does not flinch from the realities of segregation, including the violence that the family faced moving into white neighborhoods in Fort Worth in the 1950s, but there is more hope than fear, more faith in the power of righteousness to defeat injustice, in its pages. — Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026

The show builds great tension with their righteousness up against David's − there's a part of you that may want these people to all team up and go after the real villains of the story, even if that means David goes back to prison. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 18 June 2026

Her doggedness, maybe her righteousness too, a fierce myopic focus and will, and a crazy confidence that in the end, both have nothing to lose. — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 15 June 2026

Pratt’s main character energy proved attractive to (primarily out-of-state) donors as well as meme makers, who gravitated to his blend of righteousness and rage as well as irreverence. — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 8 June 2026

His humble and docile disposition resembles that of the air sign Libra, which holds moral righteousness and fair-mindedness. — Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026

In the Rio Grande Valley, Hinojosa said she was raised with a love of country that was based not just on greatness but on goodness and righteousness. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026