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rec·ti·tude (rektə to̵̅o̅d′, -tyo̵̅o̅d′)

noun

  1. conduct according to moral principles; strict honesty; uprightness of character
  2. correctness of judgment or method
  3. Rare straightness

Etymology: ME < MFr < LL rectitudo < L rectus, right: see recti-

rectitude Synonyms

rectitude

n.

integrity, honesty, uprightness; see honesty 1.

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.

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