Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rightfulness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rightfulness \Right"ful*ness\, n.
1. The quality or state of being rightful; accordance with
right and justice.
2. Moral rectitude; righteousness. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
We fail of perfect rightfulness. --Sir P.
Sidney.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rightfulness
n : anything in accord with principles of justice; "he feels he
is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim" [syn: {right}]
[ant: {wrong}, {wrong}]
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