Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rectitude"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rectitude \Rec"ti*tude\ (r?k"t?*t?d), n. [L. rectitudo, fr.
rectus right, straight: cf. F. rectitude. See {Right}.]
1. Straightness. [R.] --Johnson.
2. Rightness of principle or practice; exact conformity to
truth, or to the rules prescribed for moral conduct,
either by divine or human laws; uprightness of mind;
uprightness; integrity; honesty; justice.
3. Right judgment. [R.] --Sir G. C. Lewis.
Syn: See {Justice}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rectitude
n : uprightness as a consequence of being honorable and honest
[syn: {uprightness}]
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