rectitude Definition
rec·ti·tude (rek′tə to̵̅o̅d′, -tyo̵̅o̅d′)
noun
- conduct according to moral principles; strict honesty; uprightness of character
- correctness of judgment or method
- Rare straightness
Etymology: ME < MFr < LL rectitudo < L rectus, right: see recti-
rectitude Synonyms
rectitude Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- factual: Dennis seeks to shift the focus of the object of evidence law to a point beyond the determination of factual rectitude.
- moral: Moslem teachers have in my presence utterly denied that Allah is subject to an absolute standard of moral rectitude.
- own: Other than some kind of rational assessment, what can one invoke here that is not already indebted to reason for its own rectitude?
- fiscal: There's big ambition, deep resentment, and fiscal rectitude.
- financial: Charlie McCreevy's on his way to Brussels because his financial rectitude might prove an electoral embarrassment.
- religious: One such gesture was personally administering communion to Pinochet in acknowledgment of his complete religious rectitude.
Noun used with modifier
business: But her last phrase clearly acknowledges that, for her, business rectitude is in itself actually pious.
Browse dictionary entries near rectitude
- ‹ rectilinear
- ‹ rectify
- ‹ rectifier
- ‹ recti-
- ‹ rectangular coordinates
- ‹ rectangular
- ‹ rectangle
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- ‹ rect
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