rightshipn.
/ˈrʌɪtʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈraɪtˌʃɪp/ English regional (Somerset). Now rare.
Justice, correctness; (also) truth, sense.
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society > morality > rightness or justice > [noun]
doomc825
righteOE
evennessOE
lawc1175
righteouslaikc1175
judgementc1300
righteousheada1325
justice1340
rightfulnessa1387
justnessc1443
fairnessc1450
rightfulhoodc1475
rightheada1500
uprightness1541
righteoushood1543
rightship1793
just-mindedness1838
1793 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 1084/1 Retchup, so pronounced, though the original is probably Rightship. Truth. Somersetshire. As, There is no retchup in that child.
1873 W. P. Williams & W. A. Jones Gloss. Somersetshire 30 Readship, or Retchup, Rechip, Rightship, truth, dependence, trustworthiness.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. at Rightship Nif was any rightship in it, poor vokes widna ha to work s'hard, and they widn be so bad off nother.
1898 W. Raymond Two Men o' Mendip in Longman's Mag. Sept. 383 There's no rightship in so much fighting over nothing but what's fair.
1899 W. Raymond No Soul above Money i. 15 He spoke with firm conviction, as if the rightship of this to any English understanding must be beyond doubt.
1923 F. W. Mathews Tales Blackdown Borderland 78 He mumbled a lot of stuff what nobody could make any rightship of, and weeshed (wished) him back to the Pit again.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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