rightfulness

noun

Definition of rightfulnessnext
as in legitimacy

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  1. legitimacy
  2. rightness
  3. legality
  4. lawfulness
Noun
  • That's raised questions over the legal legitimacy of the offer – and spurred a look at other monetary promises Trump has made.
    — Stephen J. Beard, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Five years later, 28 All Blacks returned to South Africa as the unofficial Cavaliers, defying an international boycott which helped sustain apartheid’s sporting legitimacy.
    — Daniel Gallan, New York Times, 10 Sep. 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
  • Under Romanian law, the indictment gets sent to a preliminary court chamber, where a judge will inspect the case files to ensure legality.
    — Reuters, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Now, the administration is asking the court to weigh in on its legality.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 4 Sep. 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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“Rightfulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rightfulness. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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