rightness
/ˈrʌɪtnəs
/noun [mass noun]
1The quality or state of being morally good, justified, or acceptable: they argue for the moral rightness of overthrowing the leader by force...
- The producers never glossed over the rightness of the civil rights cause.
- This broad consensus about the rightness of the war was not fundamentally eroded over the next four terrible years.
- Discourse ethics tries to explain the internal relation between rational acceptability and moral rightness.
2The quality or state of being true or correct as a fact: they are convinced of the rightness of their theories...
- Each is sure of himself and of the rightness of his views.
- The absence of doubt of the rightness of the answers looks more like religion than science.
- Perfection here is the blissful rightness of every note.
2.1The quality or state of being best or most appropriate for a particular situation: the rightness of that move for me...
- The rightness of the choice of director is apparent from the film's opening sequences at the shadow-enshrouded beach house.
- It is up to the project leader to convince developers of the rightness of any such decisions.
- Part of his magic is his ability to convince of the rightness of his course of action.