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rectitude
English
Etymology
From Middle English rectitude, from Middle French rectitude, from Late Latin rectit?d? (“straightness, uprightness”), from Latin rectus (“straight”), perfect passive participle of reg? (“regulate, guide”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???k.t?.tju?d/, /???k.t?.tju?d/
- (US) IPA(key): /???k.t?.tu?d/, /???k.t?.tju?d/
Noun
rectitude (countable and uncountable, plural rectitudes)
- Straightness; the state or quality of having a constant direction and not being crooked or bent. [from 15th c.]
- (now rare) The fact or quality of being right or correct; correctness of opinion or judgement. [from 15th c.]
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 98:
- A consciousness of rectitude can be a terrible thing, and in those days I didn't just think that I was right: I thought that “we” (our group of International Socialists in particular) were being damn well proved right.
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 98:
- Conformity to the rules prescribed for moral conduct; (moral) uprightness, virtue. [from 16th c.]
- 1776 July 4, Thomas Jefferson, et al., United States Declaration of Independence:
- We, therefore, the Repre?entatives of the united States of America, in General Congre?s, A?sembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of the?e Colonies, ?olemnly publi?h and declare, That the?e United Colonies are, and of right ought to be Free and Independent States […]
- 1776 July 4, Thomas Jefferson, et al., United States Declaration of Independence:
Quotations
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:rectitude.
Synonyms
- (rightness of principle): honesty, integrity, morality
Translations
References
- rectitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- certitude
French
Etymology
From Late Latin rectit?d? (“straightness, uprightness”), from Latin rectus (“straight”), perfect passive participle of reg? (“regulate, guide”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??k.ti.tyd/
- Homophone: rectitudes
- Hyphenation: rec?ti?tude
Noun
rectitude f (plural rectitudes)
- rectitude
Derived terms
- rectitude politique
Further reading
- “rectitude” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- certitude
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fairness
English
Etymology
From Middle English fairness, fæ?ernesse, from Old English fæ?ernes (“fairness; beauty; pleasantness”), equivalent to fair +? -ness. Cognate with Old High German fagarnessi (“fairness”).
Noun
fairness (countable and uncountable, plural fairnesses)
- The property of being fair or equitable.
- The property of being fair or beautiful.
- Synonyms: fairhood, beauty
Derived terms
- in fairness
Translations
Anagrams
- Serafins, sanserif
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