rectitude

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: rec=ti=tude

CIDE DICTIONARY

rectitude, n. [L. rectitudo, fr. rectus right, straight: cf. F. rectitude. See Right.].

•  Straightness.  Johnson.  [1913 Webster]
•  Rightness of principle or practice; exact conformity to truth, or to the rules prescribed for moral conduct, either by divine or human laws; uprightness of mind; uprightness; integrity; honesty; justice.  [1913 Webster]
•  Right judgment.  Sir G. C. Lewis.  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- See Justice.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

rectitude, n.
1 moral uprightness.
2 righteousness.
3 correctness.

Etymology

ME f. OF rectitude or LL rectitudo f. L rectus right

THESAURUS

rectitude

angelicalness, assured probity, blamelessness, character, cleanness, conscientiousness, correctness, decency, erectness, estimableness, fairness, godliness, good character, goodness, high ideals, high principles, high-mindedness, honesty, honor, honorableness, immaculacy, incorruptibility, integrity, irreproachability, irreproachableness, justice, justness, moral excellence, moral rectitude, moral strength, morale, morality, nobility, principle, principles, probity, propriety, pureness, purity, reputability, respectability, right conduct, righteousness, rightness, saintlikeness, saintliness, scrupulousness, stainlessness, unimpeachability, unimpeachableness, unspottedness, uprightness, upstandingness, virtue, virtuousness, worthiness

ROGET THESAURUS

rectitude

Probity

N probity, integrity, rectitude, uprightness, honesty, faith, honor, bonne foi, good faith, bona fides, purity, clean hands, fairness, fair play, justice, equity, impartiality, principle, even-handedness, grace, constancy, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty, incorruption, incorruptibility, trustworthiness, truth, candor, singleness of heart, veracity, tender conscience, punctilio, delicacy, nicety, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, scruple, point, point of honor, punctuality, dignity, (repute), respectability, respectableness, gentilhomme, gentleman, man of honor, man of his word, fidus Achates, preux chevalier, galantuomo, truepenny, trump, brick, true Briton, white man, court of honor, a fair field and no favor, argumentum ad verecundiam, upright, honest, honest as daylight, veracious, virtuous, honorable, fair, right, just, equitable, impartial, evenhanded, square, fair and aboveboard, open and aboveboard, white, constant, constant as the northern star, faithful, loyal, staunch, true, true blue, true to one's colors, true to the core, true as the needle to the pole, marble-constant, true- hearted, trusty, trustworthy, as good as one's word, to be depended on, incorruptible, straightforward, frank, candid, open-hearted, conscientious, tender-conscienced, right-minded, high-principled, high-minded, scrupulous, religious, strict, nice, punctilious, correct, punctual, respectable, reputable, gentlemanlike, inviolable, inviolate, unviolated, unbroken, unbetrayed, unbought, unbribed, innocent, pure, stainless, unstained, untarnished, unsullied, untainted, unperjured, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, undepraved, undebauched, integer vitae scelerisque purus, justus et tenax propositi, chivalrous, jealous of honor, sans peur et sans reproche, high-spirited, supramundane, unworldly, other-worldly, overscrupulous, honorable, bona fide, on the square, in good faith, honor bright, foro conscientiae, with clean hands, a face untaught to feign, bene qui latuit bene vixit, mens sibi conscia recti, probitas laudatur et alget, fidelis ad urnam, his heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth, loyaute m'oblige, loyaute n'a honte, what stronger breastplate than a heart untainted?.