rightfulness

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noun

The state or quality of being rightful.

Similar
integrityrectitudeuprightnessangelicalityangelicalnessangelicityangelicnessdecency
Opposite
wrongfulness
OriginMiddle English riȝtfulnesse →
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Meanings

nounrightfulness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being rightful.

    Synonyms: integrity, rectitude, uprightness, angelicality, angelicalness, angelicity, angelicness, decency

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe state or quality of being rightful.

Similar
integrityrectitudeuprightnessangelicalityangelicalnessangelicityangelicnessdecencygodlinesshonestyhonorintegrityprobityproprietyrectituderighteousnesssaintlikenesssaintlinessseemlihood

More synonyms by meaning

nounanything in accord with principles of justice

Similar
right
Opposite
wrongfulness
Broader
justicejustness
Also see
decencygodlinesshonestyhonorproprietyrectituderightrighteousnesssaintlikenesssaintlinessseemlihoodseemlinessuprightness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishriȝtfulnesse
  2. Englishrightfulness

From Middle English riȝtfulnesse, rigtfulnes, riȝtvolnesse, equivalent to rightful + -ness.

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Translations

Finnish laillisuus
  • laillisuusstate or quality of being rightful
Cite this entry
APA

rightfulness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rightfulness

MLA

“rightfulness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rightfulness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rightfulness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rightfulness.

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