the quality of correctness, esp conscious correctness in behaviour
correctitude in American English
(kəˈrɛktəˌtud; kəˈrɛkˌtjud)
noun
the quality of being correct, esp. in conduct; propriety
Word origin
< correct, after rectitude
correctitude in American English
(kəˈrektɪˌtuːd, -ˌtjuːd)
noun
correctness, esp. of manners and conduct
Word origin
[1890–95; b. correct and rectitude]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blip, historicism, phoneme, plein-air, wireless