Rectitude

Noun

 * 1) Straightness; the state or quality of having a constant direction and not being crooked or bent.
 * 2) Rightness of principle or practice; exact conformity to truth, or to the rules prescribed for moral conduct, either by divine or human laws; (moral) uprightness.
 * 3) * 1776, Thomas Jefferson, et al., Declaration of Independence, 4 Jul.:
 * We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name, and by authority of the good people of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be Free and Independent States.

Synonyms

 * honesty, integrity, morality

Adjectives for Rectitude
extreme; utter; absolute; conscious; primeval; aesthetic; strict; self-styled.

Thesaurus
angelicalness, assured probity, blamelessness, character, cleanness, conscientiousness, correctness, decency, erectness, estimableness, fairness, godliness, good character, goodness, high ideals, high principles, high-mindedness, honesty, honor, honorableness, immaculacy, incorruptibility, integrity, irreproachability, irreproachableness, justice, justness, moral excellence, moral rectitude, moral strength, morale, morality, nobility, principle, principles, probity, propriety, pureness, purity, reputability, respectability, right conduct, righteousness, rightness, saintlikeness, saintliness, scrupulousness, stainlessness, unimpeachability, unimpeachableness, unspottedness, uprightness, upstandingness, virtue, virtuousness, worthiness

Etymology
, from rectitude:, from  rectitudo:, from  rectus:, perfect passive participle of rego:.

Translations

 * Finnish: suoruus
 * French: rectitude
 * Italian: rettitudine
 * Latin: rectitudo


 * Romanian: rectitudine
 * Russian: прямота
 * Spanish: rectitud


 * Finnish: rehtiys, vilpittömyys
 * French:, droiture, rigueur
 * Italian: rettitudine
 * Latin: rectitudo
 * Polish: prawość


 * Portuguese: retidão
 * Romanian: rectitudine, echitate, rigoare
 * Russian: правота, правильность
 * Spanish: rectitud, derechura

Anagrams

 * certitude

Noun

 * 1) rectitude

Etymology
From rectitudo:, from  rectus:, perfect passive participle of rego:.

Derived terms

 * rectitude politique

Anagrams

 * certitude