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rectitude

[ rek-ti-tood, -tyood ]

noun

  1. rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue:

    the rectitude of her motives.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. correctness:

    rectitude of judgment.



rectitude

/ ˈɛɪˌː /

noun

  1. moral or religious correctness
  2. correctness of judgment
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of rectitude1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Middle French rectitude, “honesty,” from Late Latin ŧپū徱- (stem of ŧپūō “straightness, upright posture, honesty, justice”), equivalent to Latin ŧ(ܲ) right + -ū徱- -tude
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of rectitude1

C15: from Late Latin 𳦳پūō , from Latin rectus right, straight, from regere to rule
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Burnham's smug sense of rectitude gets her superior officer killed.

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Germany’s budget crisis has given new momentum to reforming self-imposed borrowing limits even among the opposition conservatives, as hunger for sorely needed investment trumps an earlier political obsession with fiscal rectitude.

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Germany’s budget crisis has given new momentum to reforming self-imposed borrowing limits even among the opposition conservatives, as hunger for sorely needed investment trumps an earlier political obsession with fiscal rectitude.

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It was superb theatre, with the added benefit of moral rectitude.

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As a result of this independence and rectitude, Romney has become a pariah among his GOP Senate colleagues and a target of seething anger and threats of violence from his constituents.

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