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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. according with conscience or morality;

2. appropriate conduct; doing the right thing;
[syn: appropriateness, rightness]

3. conformity to fact or truth;
[syn: correctness, rightness]

4. conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety;
- Example: "it was performed with justness and beauty"
[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. [1913 Webster] 2. The quality or state of being right; right relation. [1913 Webster] The craving for rightness with God. --J. C. Shairp. [1913 Webster]
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]