Rightness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state or character of being right.
  • noun. Straightness; directness: as, the rightness of a line.
  • noun. Conformity with the laws regulating conduct; uprightness; rectitude; righteousness.
  • noun. Propriety; appropriateness; fittingness.
  • noun. Correctness; truth: as, the rightness of a conjecture.
  • noun. The state or attribute of being on the right hand; hence, in psychology, the sensation or perception of such a position or attribute.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Straightness.
  • noun. The quality or state of being right; right relation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The characteristic of being right; correctness.
  • noun. The result or product of being right.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. according with conscience or morality
  • noun. conformity to fact or truth
  • noun. conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety
  • noun. appropriate conduct; doing the right thing
  • Word Usage
    "America's center-rightness is supposedly proven by the fact that we don't have a government-run health-care system."