RIGHTFULNESS Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

rightfulness

noun

Definition of rightfulness

as in legitimacy

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Noun

Both sides are waging a narrative war to compete for international legitimacy, hoping to boost their own material and diplomatic support.

— Mat Nashed, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Aug. 2026
At this point, no outcome will have any legitimacy without full transparency and accountability.

— Joe Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of legitimacy

Noun

Cool Machine is definitive not only for its sweep but also for the rightness, the evocative precision, of the details that fill its paragraphs like the mystery mix inside the skin of a Gray’s Papaya hot dog.

— David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
If the Sun is high in the lunar sky during the flyby, there will be few shadows, and the crew will be looking for subtle variations in surface color and rightness.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026

Definition of rightness

Noun

The article also describes frustrations over streaming legality issues, as games were not initially available to air commercially in public places like bars.

— Emily Ohman, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Neither Talwani’s decision nor the Supreme Court ruling upheld the policy’s legality.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of legality

Noun

Lawmakers and legal experts questioned the lawfulness of such protections.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
That decision found a lower court judge who had sided with Khalil and freed him from a Louisiana lockup lacked the legal authority to weigh in on the lawfulness of the detention.

— Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026

Definition of lawfulness

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