rectitude
/ˈrɛktɪtjuːd
/noun [mass noun] formal
Morally correct behaviour or thinking; righteousness: Mattie is a model of rectitude...
- One excellent way to forget it is to focus with righteous rectitude on the evils of others while focusing on the nobility of oneself.
- However they range from the model of rectitude to the reprobate, from the intellectual to the ignorant, we vary more.
- The ‘devoting’ of the people to God was a demonstration of the divine rectitude and justice.
Synonyms
righteousness, goodness, virtue, moral virtue, morality, honour, honourableness, integrity, principle, probity, honesty, right-mindedness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, uprightness, upstandingness, good character, scrupulousness, decency, fairness, equity, justice;
principles, ethics
Origin
Late Middle English (denoting straightness): from Old French, from late Latin rectitudo, from Latin rectus 'right, straight'.