[syn: justness, rightness, nicety]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rightness \Right"ness\, n. [AS. rihtnes.]
Straightness; as, the rightness of a line. --Bacon.
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2. The quality or state of being right; right relation.
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The craving for rightness with God. --J. C.
Shairp.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rightness
n 1: according with conscience or morality [ant: wrongness]
2: appropriate conduct; doing the right thing [syn:
appropriateness, rightness] [ant: inappropriateness,
wrongness]
3: conformity to fact or truth [syn: correctness, rightness]
[ant: incorrectness, wrongness]
4: conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or
propriety; "it was performed with justness and beauty" [syn:
justness, rightness, nicety]