RIGHTFULNESS Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

rightfulness

noun

Definition of rightfulness

as in legitimacy

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Noun

Bluntly, undoing two citywide votes on this basis is a democratic legitimacy problem.

— Zack Defazio Farrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2026
In 2006, its English-language edition reached a million articles, a milestone that signalled both scale and legitimacy.

— Carson Griffith, New Yorker, 30 July 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

There are also some questions about the legality of classifying current and future Florida homeowners differently.

— Abigail Hall, The Conversation, 30 July 2026
The legality of the approach is unclear, and not all renewable energy projects require lease payments that could be refunded.

— Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 29 July 2026

Definition of legality

Noun

According to a court filing last week, the Department of Justice served at least two subpoenas to phone providers after the New York Times raised concerns about the lawfulness of the first subpoenas.

— Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 23 July 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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