Definitions for rightness

rightness right·ness

Spelling: [rahyt-nis]
IPA: /ˈraɪt nɪs/

Rightness is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 455 anagrams from letters in rightness (eghinrsst).

Definitions for rightness

noun

  1. correctness or accuracy.
  2. propriety or fitness.
  3. moral integrity.
  4. Obsolete. straightness or directness.

Origin of rightness

before 950; Middle English; Old English rihtnes. See right, -ness

Examples for rightness

Our pledge to these principles is constant, because we believe in their rightness.

I believe in the rightness of it, and I believe I have a right to it.

Strength and rightness do not depend on the past, but the present.

He discovered again the feeling of rightness, sitting beside Gistla.

It is we who, perceiving the rightness of their achievement, pronounce it to be beautiful.

Since then they have fallen over themselves to prove the rightness of their forecast.

We all want people to be convinced of the rightness (and righteousness) of our positions.

We want to believe in the rightness of our own conduct, to see our lives as a series of mostly well-intentioned decisions.

If The Leader could doubt the rightness of any of his actions, he doubted it then.

Wouk takes for granted - not only the rightness of the war's cause - but also the worth and merit of the warriors.

Word Value for rightness
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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