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righteousness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of righteousness

1 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 of righteousness

character, decency, goodness, honesty, integrity, morality, probity, rectitude, rightness, uprightness, virtue, virtuousness
Words Related to righteousness

high-mindedness, honor, incorruptibility, irreproachability, irreproachableness, right-mindedness, scrupulosity, scrupulousness

appropriateness, correctness, decorousness, decorum, etiquette, fitness, propriety, seemliness

ethics, morals
Near Antonyms of righteousness

impropriety, indecency, indecorum, indiscretion

debauchery, degeneracy, degradation, depravity, perversion, pervertedness, sinfulness

crookedness, dishonesty, underhandedness, unscrupulousness

lowness, meanness, viciousness, vileness

corruption
Antonyms of righteousness

badness, evil, evildoing, immorality, iniquity, sin, villainy, wickedness

2 faithfulness to high moral standards

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

honesty, honor, integrity, probity, rectitude, uprightness
Words Related to righteousness

blamelessness, character, conscientiousness, decency, fairness, high-mindedness, incorruptibility, irreproachability, irreproachableness, justice, morality, nobility, reputability, respectability, right-mindedness, scrupulousness, virtue, virtuousness
Near Antonyms of righteousness

corruptibility, corruption, corruptness, debasement, debauchery, decadence, degeneracy, degradation, depravity, disgrace, disgracefulness, disreputableness, dissipatedness, dissipation, dissoluteness, looseness, perversion, pervertedness, profligacy, shamelessness, venality

blameworthiness, criminality, crookedness, dishonesty, immorality, unrighteousness, unscrupulousness

knavery, rascality, roguishness

meanness, reprehensibleness, rottenness, sinfulness, vileness, villainy, wickedness, wretchedness
Antonyms of righteousness

baseness, dishonor, lowness

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