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RIGHTFULNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rightfulness mean?
• RIGHTFULNESS (noun)
The noun RIGHTFULNESS has 1 sense:
1. anything in accord with principles of justice
Familiarity information: RIGHTFULNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Anything in accord with principles of justice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
right; rightfulness
Context example:
the rightfulness of his claim
Hypernyms ("rightfulness" is a kind of...):
justice; justness (the quality of being just or fair)
Antonym:
wrongfulness (that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law)
Derivation:
rightful (legally valid)
rightful (having a legally established claim)
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