Rectitude
noun
Being correct in judgement or behaviour.
Her rectitude in the face of pressure was commendable.
Often appears as...
- moral rectitude
- path of rectitude
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Formal
noun
The state of being morally correct.
His rectitude during his time in office was never questioned.
Often appears as...
- upright rectitude
- display of rectitude
Usage tips
Formal
noun
Being correct in judgement or behaviour.
Her rectitude in the face of pressure was commendable.
Often appears as...
- moral rectitude
- path of rectitude
Usage tips
Formal
noun
The state of being morally correct.
His rectitude during his time in office was never questioned.
Often appears as...
- upright rectitude
- display of rectitude
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
Rectitude implies a positive judgment of someone's behaviour or decisions.
Despite temptations, his rectitude never wavered.
Pro Tip 2/3Under Pressure
When used, rectitude often highlights ethical behaviour during challenging situations.
Her rectitude amidst the scandal preserved her reputation.
Pro Tip 3/3Admirable Quality
Rectitude is seen as an admirable and respectable quality in a person.
He was honored for his rectitude in public service.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
Rectitude implies a positive judgment of someone's behaviour or decisions.
Despite temptations, his rectitude never wavered.
Pro Tip 2/3Under Pressure
When used, rectitude often highlights ethical behaviour during challenging situations.
Her rectitude amidst the scandal preserved her reputation.
Pro Tip 3/3Admirable Quality
Rectitude is seen as an admirable and respectable quality in a person.
He was honored for his rectitude in public service.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
Rectitude implies a positive judgment of someone's behaviour or decisions.
Despite temptations, his rectitude never wavered.
Pro Tip 2/3Under Pressure
When used, rectitude often highlights ethical behaviour during challenging situations.
Her rectitude amidst the scandal preserved her reputation.
Pro Tip 3/3Admirable Quality
Rectitude is seen as an admirable and respectable quality in a person.
He was honored for his rectitude in public service.
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The power of introverts...
But in America's early days, we lived in what historians call a culture of character, where we still, at that point, valued people for their inner selves and their moral rectitude.
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The power of introverts...
the man of action over the man of contemplation and man of contemplation but in the you know in America's early days we lived in what historians call a culture of character where we still at that point valued people for their inner selves and their moral rectitude and if you look at the self-help books from
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The power of introverts...
But in America's early days, we lived in what historians call a culture of character, where we still, at that point, valued people for their inner selves and their moral rectitude.
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Crispin Blunt
There is fear of impoverishment as a narrowly based ideological government, infused with medieval religious rectitude, lays waste to the Egyptian economy, which, given the economy's precariousness, is a clear and present danger to the daily life of millions of Egyptians.
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William Godwin
English Writer
A just and a brave man acts fearlessly and with explicitness; he does not shun, but court, the scrutiny of mankind; he lives in the face of day, and the whole world confesses the clearness of his spirit and the rectitude of his conduct.
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Origen
Theologian
Then, in the next place, we must know that every being which is endowed with reason, and transgresses its statutes and limitations, is undoubtedly involved in sin by swerving from rectitude and justice.
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David Mamet
American Dramatist
Liberalism is a religion. Its tenets cannot be proved, its capacity for waste and destruction demonstrated. But it affords a feeling of spiritual rectitude at little or no cost.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Neither liberal nor conservative politicians can resist the temptation to stand as mighty sequoias of rectitude amid the lowly underbrush of fundraising.
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Greg Iles
American Novelist
I was lucky enough to be raised by a man of great integrity and rectitude. That said, he was also human and had his secret sins, as we all do.
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Joe Klein
American Journalist
For those of us who consider ourselves political moderates, life is a dispiriting slog, a sorry mix of rectitude and ineptitude.
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Thomas Aquinas
Italian Theologian
Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him.
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Herbert Read
English Poet
The sense of historical continuity, and a feeling for philosophical rectitude cannot, however, be compromised.
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Rob Morrow
American Actor
I love the idea of rectitude.
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Crispin Blunt
There is fear of impoverishment as a narrowly based ideological government, infused with medieval religious rectitude, lays waste to the Egyptian economy, which, given the economy's precariousness, is a clear and present danger to the daily life of millions of Egyptians.
Quote examples
William Godwin
English Writer
A just and a brave man acts fearlessly and with explicitness; he does not shun, but court, the scrutiny of mankind; he lives in the face of day, and the whole world confesses the clearness of his spirit and the rectitude of his conduct.
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Origen
Theologian
Then, in the next place, we must know that every being which is endowed with reason, and transgresses its statutes and limitations, is undoubtedly involved in sin by swerving from rectitude and justice.
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David Mamet
American Dramatist
Liberalism is a religion. Its tenets cannot be proved, its capacity for waste and destruction demonstrated. But it affords a feeling of spiritual rectitude at little or no cost.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Neither liberal nor conservative politicians can resist the temptation to stand as mighty sequoias of rectitude amid the lowly underbrush of fundraising.
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Greg Iles
American Novelist
I was lucky enough to be raised by a man of great integrity and rectitude. That said, he was also human and had his secret sins, as we all do.
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Joe Klein
American Journalist
For those of us who consider ourselves political moderates, life is a dispiriting slog, a sorry mix of rectitude and ineptitude.
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Thomas Aquinas
Italian Theologian
Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him.
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Herbert Read
English Poet
The sense of historical continuity, and a feeling for philosophical rectitude cannot, however, be compromised.
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Rob Morrow
American Actor
I love the idea of rectitude.
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