Correctness
Correctness noun - Conformity to fact or truth.
Rectitude is a synonym for correctness. In some cases you can use "Rectitude" instead a noun "Correctness".
Rectitude
Rectitude noun - Conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong.
Usage example: encouraged the graduates to go on to live lives of unimpeachable rectitude and integrity
Correctness is a synonym for rectitude in morality topic. You can use "Correctness" instead a noun "Rectitude".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- righteousness and correctness
- righteousness and rectitude
- goodness and correctness
- goodness and rectitude
- accuracy and correctness
- accuracy and rectitude
- honesty and correctness
- honesty and rectitude
- integrity and correctness
- integrity and rectitude
- uprightness and correctness
- uprightness and rectitude
- truth and correctness
- truth and rectitude
Both words in one sentence
- This move towards more correctness and rectitude is the result of backlash against the "Baby Boomer" generationnote Those born between 1946 and 1964, now portrayed by later generations as selfish, immature freeloaders with an unrealistically simplistic (and overtly utopic) vision of the world.
Source: Useful Notes / The New Tens
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