'Rightness' definitions:

Definition of 'rightness'

From: WordNet
noun
According with conscience or morality [ant: wrongness]
noun
Appropriate conduct; doing the right thing [syn: appropriateness, rightness] [ant: inappropriateness, wrongness]
noun
Conformity to fact or truth [syn: correctness, rightness] [ant: incorrectness, wrongness]
noun
Conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety; "it was performed with justness and beauty" [syn: justness, rightness, nicety]

Definition of 'Rightness'

From: GCIDE
  • Rightness \Right"ness\, n. [AS. rihtnes.] Straightness; as, the rightness of a line. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The quality or state of being right; right relation. [1913 Webster]
  • The craving for rightness with God. --J. C. Shairp. [1913 Webster]

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