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UPRIGHTNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest
Synonyms:
rectitude; uprightness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("uprightness" is a kind of...):
righteousness (adhering to moral principles)
Derivation:
upright (of moral excellence)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Position at right angles to the horizon
Synonyms:
erectness; uprightness; verticality; verticalness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("uprightness" is a kind of...):
position; spatial relation (the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated)
Derivation:
upright (in a vertical position; not sloping)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The property of being upright in posture
Synonyms:
erectness; uprightness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("uprightness" is a kind of...):
stance (standing posture)
Derivation:
upright (upright in position or posture)
