rightdoern.
/ˈrʌɪtduːə/, U.S. /ˈraɪtˌduər/ A person who does what is right; one who acts properly, correctly, or morally. Contrasted with wrongdoer n.
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1747 E. Poston Pratler I. 231 I have seen human Nature in several Shapes, Asses lead Foxes, and Foxes lead Apes. Wrong-doers do right, Right-doers do wrong: What is there in Life, that is more than a Song?
1865 J. Ruskin Sesame & Lilies ii. 184 Rex et Regina,..‘Right-doers’.
1912 M. C. Graham Do they really respect Us? 196 The world may be so busy reforming the wrongdoer, that it finds no time to encourage the rightdoer.
2002 S. S. Nagel Handbk. Public Policy Eval. ii. xxviii. 189/2 An overall trend is an increasing reliance on rewarding the rightdoer in contrast to punishing the wrongdoer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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