1.
[syn: correctness, rightness]
2. the quality of conformity to social expectations;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Correctness \Cor*rect"ness\, n.
The state or quality of being correct; as, the correctness of
opinions or of manners; correctness of taste; correctness in
writing or speaking; the correctness of a text or copy.
Syn: Accuracy; exactness; precision; propriety.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
correctness
n 1: conformity to fact or truth [syn: correctness,
rightness] [ant: incorrectness, wrongness]
2: the quality of conformity to social expectations [ant:
incorrectness]