RIGHTNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rightness mean? 

• RIGHTNESS (noun)
  The noun RIGHTNESS has 4 senses:

1. according with conscience or morality

2. appropriate conduct; doing the right thing

3. conformity to fact or truth

4. conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety

  Familiarity information: RIGHTNESS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIGHTNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

According with conscience or morality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("rightness" is a kind of...):

morality (concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct)

Attribute:

right (in conformance with justice or law or morality)

wrong (contrary to conscience or morality or law)

Antonym:

wrongness (contrary to conscience or morality)

Derivation:

right (in conformance with justice or law or morality)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Appropriate conduct; doing the right thing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

appropriateness; rightness

Hypernyms ("rightness" is a kind of...):

correctitude; properness; propriety (correct or appropriate behavior)

Derivation:

right (correct in opinion or judgment)

right (socially right or correct)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Conformity to fact or truth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

correctness; rightness

Hypernyms ("rightness" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Attribute:

correct; right (free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth)

incorrect; wrong (not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth)

Antonym:

wrongness (the quality of not conforming to fact or truth)

Derivation:

right (free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

justness; nicety; rightness

Context example:

it was performed with justness and beauty

Hypernyms ("rightness" is a kind of...):

conformance; conformity (correspondence in form or appearance)

 Context examples 

But he was convinced of the rightness of his position.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)