RIGHTFULNESS Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

rightfulness

noun

Definition of rightfulness

as in legitimacy

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Noun

That defense reflects the administration’s broader argument that its election proposals are intended to prevent fraud and protect electoral legitimacy, not undermine it.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Despite questions about the UN’s legitimacy and its increasing marginalization, Forti insists that the United Nations still matters.

— Max Saltman, CNN Money, 21 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

The case did not address whether voter fraud occurred in the election, but instead only hinged on the legality of Bianco’s ballot seizure.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2026
The legality of the repayment provision has been questioned by all the municipalities that voted against the funding agreement in May.

— DJ Simmons, Charlotte Observer, 24 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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