rectitude

Synonyymisanakirja

rectitude

oikeudenmukaisuus, vanhurskaus, suoraselkäisyys, rehtiys, vilpittömyys.

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rectitude rimmaa näiden kanssa:

haude, vesihaude, laude, cum laude, kude, matonkude, kuviokude, lude, linssilude, typpylude...

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Englannin sanakirja

rectitude (englanti > suomi)

1. suoruus

2. rehtiys, vilpittömyys

rectitude englanniksi

1. straightness Straightness; the state or quality of having a constant direction and not being crooked or bent. (defdate)

2. puhekieltä The fact or quality of being right or correct; correctness of opinion or judgement. (defdate)

3. 2010, (w), Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 98:

A consciousness of rectitude can be a terrible thing, and in those days I didn't just think that I was right: I thought that “we” (our group of International Socialists in particular) were being damn well proved right.

4. Conformity to the rules prescribed for moral conduct; (moral) uprightness, virtue. (defdate)

5. 1776, w:Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson, et al., Declaration of Independence, 4 Jul.:

We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name, and by authority of the good people of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be Free and Independent States.

6. English rectitude

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