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Webster 1913 Edition


Rightness

Right′ness

,
Noun.
[AS.
rihtnes
.]
Straightness;
as, the
rightness
of a line
.
Bacon.
2.
The quality or state of being right; right relation.
The craving for
rightness
with God.
J. C. Shairp.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rightness

RIGHTNESS

,
Noun.
1.
Correctness; conformity to truth or to the divine will, which is the standard of moral rectitude. It is important that a man should have such persuasion of the rightness of his conscience as to exclude rational doubt.
2.
Straightness; as the rightness of a line.