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Rightfulness

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n. The state or quality of being rightful.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The quality or state of being rightful; accordance with right and justice.

n. Moral rectitude; righteousness.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Righteousness.

n. The character or state of being rightful; justice; accordance with the rules of right: as, the rightfulness of a claim to lands or tenements.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. anything in accord with principles of justice

Word Usage

"It's the economic system based on property ownership that's the problem and that's because the "rightfulness" of ownership can only be maintained by violence and propaganda. by"

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

justice justness

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

righteousness

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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