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rightness

The English word “rightness” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The characteristic of being right; correctness.
  2. The result or product of being right; something correct.
  3. The property of being on, or moving toward, the right.

Etymology

From Middle English rightnesse, riȝtnesse, rihtnesse, from Old English rihtnes, rehtnis, from Proto-West Germanic *rehtanassī (“rightness, justice”), equivalent to right + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian rjochtens (“rightness”), Middle Dutch rechtenesse (“rightness, justification”), Old High German rehtnissa (“justice”).

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