Definitions for: Rightness


[n] conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety; "it was performed with justness and beauty"
[n] conformity to fact or truth
[n] according with conscience or morality
[n] appropriate conduct; doing the right thing



Webster (1913) Definition: Right"ness, n. [AS. rihtnes.]
Straightness; as, the rightness of a line. --Bacon.

2. The quality or state of being right; right relation.

The craving for rightness with God. --J. C.
Shairp.

Synonyms: appropriateness, correctness, justness, nicety

Antonyms: inappropriateness, incorrectness, wrongness

See Also: conformance, conformity, correctitude, morality, properness, propriety, quality

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