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righteous

/ˈrʌɪtʃəs/

adjective
- 1. morally right or justifiable: "feelings of righteous indignation about pay and conditions" Similar goodvirtuousuprightupstandingdecentworthyethicalprincipledmoralhigh-mindedlaw-abidingjusthonestinnocentfaultlesshonourableblamelessguiltlessirreproachablesinlessuncorruptedanti-corruptionsaintlyangelicpurenoblenoble-mindedpiousGod-fearingjustifiablejustifiedlegitimatedefensiblesupportablejustrightfulwell foundedsoundvalidadmissibleallowableunderstandableexcusableacceptablereasonablesensibleOpposite wickedsinfulunjustifiable
- ▪ (of a person) morally good; virtuous: "he stood up for what he knew was right and died a righteous person"
- 2. very good; excellent: informal US "righteous eggs, man!"
- ▪ correctly so called; genuine: "he is righteous trash"
Word Origin Old Englishrihtwīs, from riht ‘right’ + wīs ‘manner, state, condition’. The change in the ending in the 16th century was due to association with words such as bounteous.
Derivatives
- 1. righteously adverb
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