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RIGHTNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety
Example:
it was performed with justness and beauty
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("rightness" is a kind of...):
conformance; conformity (correspondence in form or appearance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Conformity to fact or truth
Synonyms:
correctness; rightness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("rightness" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Attribute:
correct; right (free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth)
incorrect; wrong (not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth)
Antonym:
wrongness (the quality of not conforming to fact or truth)
Derivation:
right (free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth)
Sense 3
Meaning:
According with conscience or morality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("rightness" is a kind of...):
morality (concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct)
Attribute:
right (in conformance with justice or law or morality)
wrong (contrary to conscience or morality or law)
Antonym:
wrongness (contrary to conscience or morality)
Derivation:
right (in conformance with justice or law or morality)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Appropriate conduct; doing the right thing
Synonyms:
appropriateness; rightness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("rightness" is a kind of...):
correctitude; properness; propriety (correct or appropriate behavior)
Derivation:
right (correct in opinion or judgment)
right (socially right or correct)
