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adjective characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
morally right or justifiable: righteous indignation.
acting in an upright, moral way; virtuous: a righteous and godly person.
Slang . absolutely genuine or wonderful: some righteous playing by a jazz great.
noun the righteous, (used with a plural verb ) righteous persons collectively.
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Origin of righteous First recorded before 900; earlier rightwos, rightwis (remodeled with -ous), Middle English; Old English rihtwīs; see right, wise2
SYNONYMS FOR righteous 3 good, honest, fair, right.
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OTHER WORDS FROM righteous right·eous·ly, adverb o·ver·right·eous, adjective o·ver·right·eous·ly, adverb o·ver·right·eous·ness, noun
pre·right·eous, adjective pre·right·eous·ly, adverb pre·right·eous·ness, noun quasi-righteous, adjective qua·si-right·eous·ly, adverb su·per·right·eous, adjective su·per·right·eous·ly, adverb su·per·right·eous·ness, noun
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Example sentences from the Web for righteous From righteous fury to faux indignation, everything we got mad about in 2014—and how outrage has taken over our lives.
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Perhaps more telling, state media called the attack on the studio “a righteous deed.”
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As righteous and honest as his anger may be—“They basically just filmed my riffs,” says Meltzer— it is always tinged with hope.
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These grisly images drew a huge audience, and allowed that audience to indulge in righteous indignation.
How the Media Failed to Nail the NFL | Steve Almond| October 19, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Their righteous outbursts represent an ancient and unctuous form of Kabuki theater.
Forget the Wife Beating—Are You Ready for Some Football? | Steve Almond| September 11, 2014| DAILY BEAST
And even then came, "let me die the death of the righteous , and let my last end be like his."
Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland | Abigail Stanley Hanna
No speech ever delivered in America has excited such deep and righteous indignation.
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Henry donated the windows and he had Diana of Poitiers pictured among the righteous souls in the fifth seal of the Apocalypse.
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He raised his face, all powder-stained, as he searched the room with eyes that glowed with a desire for righteous vengeance.
Severe punishment was her righteous portion, and all who were associated with her suffered.
Mysteries of Police and Crime | Arthur Griffiths
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British Dictionary definitions for righteous adjective characterized by, proceeding from, or in accordance with accepted standards of morality, justice, or uprightness; virtuous a righteous man (as collective noun ; preceded by the ) the righteous morally justifiable or right, esp from one's own point of view righteous indignation
Derived forms of righteous righteously , adverb righteousness , noun Word Origin for righteous Old English rīhtwīs , from right + wise ²
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