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RIGHTEOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Morally justified
Example:
righteous indignation
Classified under:
Similar:
moral (concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice
Example:
the...prayer of a righteous man availeth much
Classified under:
Similar:
good; just; upright (of moral excellence)
sound (free from moral defect)
Also:
good (morally admirable)
clean-handed; guiltless; innocent (free from evil or guilt)
just (used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting)
moral (concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles)
virtuous (morally excellent)
worthy (having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable)
Antonym:
unrighteous (not righteous)
Derivation:
righteousness (adhering to moral principles)
