Noun
(plural oughtnesses)
- (chiefly philosophy) In ethics, the quality which makes an action dutiful or morally obligatory.
- (rare) The state or characteristic of something's being as it ought to be; rightness.
- (rare) The obligatoriness of future actions or future states of affairs which are morally worthy of being produced through human effort.
Anagrams
Origin
From ought + -ness.
